Maureen i have Checked out Sir Denis,He had a Brother Colm Brogan Born in Donegal ,So i think we have the same Family
Sir Denis William Brogan (born August 11, 1900 in Glasgow, Scotland; died January 5, 1974), British author and historian.
He studied in Glasgow, Oxford, and Harvard.
From 1939 to 1968, he was professor of political science in Cambridge.
In 1963, he received a knighthood.
He was the brother of journalist Colm Brogan and the father of historian Hugh Brogan.
Denis Hugh Vercingetorix Brogan, born 20 March 1936, known as Hugh Brogan, is a British historian and biographer
The son of Sir Denis Brogan, he was educated at St Faith's School, Cambridge, Repton School, and St John's College, Cambridge, graduating BA in 1959 and MA in 1964.[1
Brogan was on the staff of The Economist from 1960 to 1963, and was elected a Harkness Fellow in 1962, then was a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, from 1963 to 1974.[1] He was then part of the department of history at the University of Essex from 1974 to 1998, first as a lecturer, then a reader, and finally as R. A. Butler Professor of History from 1992 to 1998.[1]
Colm Brogan
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Colm Brogan (20 October, 1902 - 28 January, 1977) was a Scottish journalist and author.
He wrote for The Herald and also pamphlets for the Conservative Party. His family was originally from Donegal.[1]
His brother was the historian Denis William Brogan.
He reviewed Whittaker Chambers's posthumous book in "The Comfort of Cold Friday"[1] for National Review magazine (December 29, 1964).
In Who are « the People » published in 1943, he develops the idea that political ideologies of the Left are responsible for the raise to power of Adolf Hitler. He continued with this thesis in Our New Masters, published in 1947[2].
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