Brian Earnshaw (26 December 1929 - 15th February, 2014) was a British author, known for his
Dragonfall 5
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series, illustrated by
Simon Stern
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Earnshaw was born in
Wrexham, Wales, and attended Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he read English. He then spent a number of years as a secondary school teacher in different locations in the UK. From 1964 until his retirement we was a lecturer in English Literature at St Paul's College, Cheltenham (a teacher training college with Bristol University qualifications). In 1982 he completed a doctorate at Warwick University with a thesis entitled 'Translations from German and their Reception in Britain 1760-1800'. After retiring, he moved to Bristol, and worked with
Timothy Mowl
Professor Timothy Mowl FSA (born 1951) is an architectural and landscape historian. He is Emeritus Professor of History of Architecture and Designed Landscapes at the University of Bristol. He is also Director of AHC Consultants. He was awarded th ...
on a range of books on British architectural and garden history. These sometimes appear with Earnshaw as Mowl's co-author, and sometimes with him in Mowl's acknowledgement as a researcher. He had a great love of botany and travel, and made extensive trips around Europe and elsewhere studying flowers, architecture, gardens and history.
Bibliography
Series
Star Jam Pack
* ''Starclipper and the Song Wars'' (1985)
* ''Starclipper on the Snowstone'' (1986) ISBN unknown
* ''Starclipper and the Galactic Final'' (1987)
Dragonfall 5
* ''Dragonfall 5 and the Royal Beast'' (1972)
* ''Dragonfall 5 and the Space Cowboys'' (1972)
* ''Dragonfall 5 and the Empty Planet'' (1973)
* ''Dragonfall 5 and the Hijackers'' (1974)
* ''Dragonfall 5 and the Master Mind'' (1975)
* ''Dragonfall 5 and the Super Horse'' (1977)
* ''Dragonfall 5 and the Haunted World'' (1979)
Adult novels
* ''And the Mistress Pursuing'' (1966)
* ''Planet in the Eye of Time'' (1968)
Other teenage novels
*'' Planet of the Jumping Bears'' (1990)
*'' The Rock Dog Gang'' (1987)
*'' Next Stop, Wildstar'' (1994)
Non-fiction
*''Trumpet at a Distant Gate: The Lodge as Prelude to the Country House''
Timothy Mowl
Professor Timothy Mowl FSA (born 1951) is an architectural and landscape historian. He is Emeritus Professor of History of Architecture and Designed Landscapes at the University of Bristol. He is also Director of AHC Consultants. He was awarded th ...
and Brian Earnshaw, London: Waterstones, 1985
*''John Wood: Architect of Obsession''
Timothy Mowl
Professor Timothy Mowl FSA (born 1951) is an architectural and landscape historian. He is Emeritus Professor of History of Architecture and Designed Landscapes at the University of Bristol. He is also Director of AHC Consultants. He was awarded th ...
and Brian Earnshaw, Bath: Millstream Books, 1988
* ''Architecture Without Kings: The Rise of Puritan Classicism under Cromwell'',
Timothy Mowl
Professor Timothy Mowl FSA (born 1951) is an architectural and landscape historian. He is Emeritus Professor of History of Architecture and Designed Landscapes at the University of Bristol. He is also Director of AHC Consultants. He was awarded th ...
and Brian Earnshaw, New York: Manchester Univ. Press, 1995 (Sept.) ,
* AN INSULAR ROCOCO ''Architecture, Politics and Society in Ireland and England, 1710–1770'', Timothy Mowl and Brian Earnshaw, 1999
Poetry
*''At St. David's A Year'', London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1968
*''Cavafy Gone Gothic'', Bristol: Redcliffe Press, 2008
External links
Brian Earnshaw & guest*
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1929 births
Living people
People from Wrexham
Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
British science fiction writers