Frank Broeze (18 August 1945 – 4 April 2001) was a professor of history at the

University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Perth, the state capital, with a secondary campus in Albany, Western Australia, Albany an ...

. His special area of interest was

maritime history Maritime history is the study of human interaction with and activity at sea. It covers a broad thematic element of history that often uses a global approach, although national and regional histories remain predominant. As an academic subject, it ...

Life and work

Born Franklin Jan Aart Broeze in

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, Broeze was a maritime historian, and one of the founders of the

Australian Association for Maritime History The Australian Association for Maritime History (AAMH) is an Australian maritime history organisation. It publishes a journal, a newsletter and organises conferences. History The association was formed in May 1978. Its main aim is to promote the ...

. He was also one of the founders of the

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which later became the International Maritime Economic History Association. He published widely on maritime history issues as well as editing ''The Great Circle'', the journal of the

. He wrote ten books and had more than 100 articles published in academic journals. Broeze died on 4 April 2001 in

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

. The Frank Broeze Memorial Maritime History Book Prize was created by the Australian National Maritime Museum in his memory. In addition, a memorial lecture was inaugurated and is held each year.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Broeze, Frank 1945 births 2001 deaths Australian maritime historians 20th-century Australian historians People from Rijswijk Academic staff of the University of Western Australia Historians from Western Australia Dutch maritime historians