Background
Bromsen, Maury Austin was born on April 25, 1919 in New York City. Son of Herman and Rose (Eisenberg) Bromsen.
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Maury Austin Bromsen
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Education
BSS cum laude with special honors, City College of New York, 1939. Master of Arts, University California, Berkeley, 1941. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1945.
Doctoral postgraduate in history, Harvard University, 1950. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Northeastern University, 1987.
Career
Visiting lecturer American history, Catholic U., Santiago, Chile, 1942;
instructor history, City College of New York, 1943-1944;
founding editor, Inter-American Review Bibliography, 1950-1953;
editor, section chief department cultural affairs, Pan American Union, Washington, 1950-1954;
on leave, 1953-1954;
advisory editor, United States representative, Inter-American Review Bibliography, since 1956;
founder, director, Maury A. Bromsen Associations (rare book, manuscript and fine art dealers), Boston, since 1954;
president, treasurer, Maury A. Bromsen Associations, Inc. (rare book, manuscript and fine art dealers), 1963-1989;
proprietor, director, The Maury A. Bromsen Company (antiquarian booksellers and appraisers), since 1990;
honorary curator, Latin American collections Boston Public Library, since 1977;
honorary curator, bibliographer, Latin Americana John Carter Brown Library., Brown U., Providence, since 1996. Visiting professor U. Chile, Santiago, 1947.
Executive secretary Medina Centennial Celebration, Washington, 1952. Member of advisory council university libraries U. Notre Dame, 1981-1984, emeritus adviser, since 1984. Board of Governors American Jewish History Society, 1987-1992.
Established Maury A. Bromsen-Simon Bolivar Room John Carter Brown Library., Providence, Rhode Island, 1999.
Achievements
Membership
Endowed Archibald Bromsen Memorial scholarship, City College of New York, 1964. Endowed Bromsen lectureship in Humanistic Bibliography, Boston Public Library, 1970, Maury A. Bromsen Latin American Acquisitions Fund, 1976, Bromsen Fund, Massachusetts General Hospital (Health Sciences library), 1983. Member Antiquarian Booksellers Association American, American History Association, American Library Association, Bibliographical Society of America, Manuscript Society (charter), Conference on Latin American History, Academia Nacional de la Historia, Buenos Aires (correspondent), Latin American Studies Association, Bibliographical Society (London), Bibliographical Society University Virginia, Boston Athenaeum, Harvard College Library Friends, Boston Public Library Associates (honorary), Boston University Library Associates (life), Iowa Library Associates (patron), Bell (Minnesota) Library Associates, Clements (Michigan) Library Associates, Yale Library Associates, American History Society, American Jewish History Society, Virginia History Society (life), New York History Society, Sociedad Chilena de Historia y Geografía, The Countway Library. of Medicine (Harvard Medical School, Rare Books & Special Collections subcommitte, 2003-2005) Filson Club (life), Phi Beta Kappa.
Clubs: Harvard (Boston), Boston Athenaeum (Boston).
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Nationality
American
Education
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1939
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1941
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1945
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1950
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1987
Awards
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Decorated Orden al Mérito Bernardo O'Higgins, Knight Commander (Chile), Orden de Francisco de Miranda, First Class (Venezuela). Elected Colonial Society Massachusetts, 1985. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and United States Government Exchange fellow University Chile, 1942. Harvard Woodbury Lowery Travelling fellow, 1946-1947, Social Science Research Council fellow, 1946-1948. Recipient Brown University President's Medal, 2003.Decorated Orden al Mérito Bernardo O'Higgins, Knight Commander (Chile), Orden de Francisco de Miranda, First Class (Venezuela). Elected Colonial Society Massachusetts, 1985. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and United States Government Exchange fellow University Chile, 1942.
Harvard Woodbury Lowery Travelling fellow, 1946-1947, Social Science Research Council fellow, 1946-1948. Recipient Brown University President's Medal, 2003.