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'''Wallace Wilfred Swinburne Breem''' (13 May 1926 – 12 March 1990)<ref>''England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995''</ref> was a British librarian and author.

He was the ''Librarian and Keeper of Manuscripts'' of the [[Inner Temple]] Law Library. His writing included non-fiction pieces, but he is probably best known for his three historical novels, especially ''[[Eagle in the Snow]]'' (1970).

==Career==
Breem was born in [[Kingston, Surrey]]<ref>''England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007''</ref> and was educated at [[Westminster School]].

At the age of 18, he entered the [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]]'s Officers Training School. In 1945 he was commissioned as an officer of the [[Corps of Guides (British India)|Guides Cavalry]], the elite cavalry regiment, serving on the North West Frontier in armoured cars.

In 1947, following the [[Partition of India]], Breem returned to England and held a variety of jobs, which included: a labourer in a tannery, an assistant to a veterinary surgeon, and a rent-collector in the East End of London. He joined the library staff of the [[Inner Temple]], in [[London]], in 1950.

Breem was a founder member of [[BIALL]] (British and Irish Association of Law Librarians), and at various times held the offices of: secretary, treasurer, chairman, vice-president, and president in that organization.

==Bibliography==
;Novels
*''[[Eagle in the Snow]]'' (Gollancz 1970, Sphere 1971), republished 2002, 2003, 2004.
*''The Legate’s Daughter'' (Arrow Books 1975), republished 2004.
*''The Leopard and the Cliff'' (St. Martin's Press 1978). Republished by Faber and Faber in 2010 under the Faber Finds imprint.
;Non-fiction
Breem's academic writing includes various papers, reports, articles, and Standards, especially for the ''Manual of Law Librarianship'' and the ''New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature'', in addition to:
*[http://www.innertemplelibrary.org.uk/library-history/library-history.htm ''A Sketch of the Inner Temple Library'']
*''Bibliography of Commonwealth Law Reports'' (with Sally Phillips, Mansell 1991)

==Legacy==
In 1990, [[BIALL]] inaugurated the '''Wallace Breem Award''' in his memory.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://speleotrove.com/breem/ Wallace Breem] – biographical notes

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