Background
EHRMAN, John Patrick William. M.A. F.B.A. F.S.A. was born on March 17, 1920 in London. Son of Albert Ehrman and Rina Ehrman.
EHRMAN, John Patrick William. M.A. F.B.A. F.S.A. was born on March 17, 1920 in London. Son of Albert Ehrman and Rina Ehrman.
Charterhouse and Trinity College Cambridge.
Served R.N. 1940-1945. Fellow of Trinity College 1947-1952. Historian, Cabinet Office 1948-1956.
Lees Knowles Lecturer, Cambridge University 1957-1958. James Ford Special Lecturer, Oxford University 1976-1977. Honorary Treasure Friends of the National Libraries 1960-1977.
Trustee, National Portrait Gallery 1971-1985. Chairman National Manuscripts Conservation Fund since 1989. Chairman Advisory Committee to British Library Reference Division 1975-1984, Panizzi Foundation Selection Council since 1983.
The Navy in the War of William III 1953, Grand Strategy 1943-1945 (2 vols.: United Kingdom Official Military Histories of the Second World War) 1956, Cabinet, Government and War 1890-1940 1958, The British Government and Commercial Negotiations with Europe 17831793 1962, The Younger Pitt (Vol. I) 1969, (Vol. II) 1983.
Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art 1970-1976, Royal Commission, on Historical Manuscripts since 1973.
Married Elizabeth Susan Anne Blake in 1948.