David Bratman

David Bratman is a librarian and Tolkien scholar.

Biography[edit]

Bratman was born in Chicago to Robert Bratman, a physician, and his wife Nancy, an editor. He was one of four sons in the family. He was brought up in Cleveland, Ohio, and then in California.^[1] He was educated at the University of California-Berkeley, and took his M.L.S. at the University of Washington. He works as a librarian at university and other libraries. He has contributed to Tolkien scholarship since 1977,^[1] including 13 entries for the J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia,^[2] and a chapter in Wiley-Blackwell's A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien.^[3] He has helped to run the Hugo Awards for science fiction and fantasy.^[4]

Bratman has edited the journal Mythprint for the Mythopoeic Society; he edits and contributes to the journal Tolkien Studies and to Mythlore, a journal on the Inklings.^[1]^[5]^[6] He contributes articles on music to San Francisco Classical Voice.^[7]

^ ^a ^b ^c Bratman, David. "David Bratman". David Bratman. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
^ Drout, Michael D. C. (2013). J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. ix.
^ Bratman, David (2014). "The Inklings and Others: Tolkien and His Contemporaries". A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 317–334. doi:10.1002/9781118517468.ch22. ISBN 978-0-470-65982-3. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
^ Anon. "1994 Hugo Awards". Hugo Awards. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
^ Aubron-Bülles, Marcel (8 August 2020) [2012]. "75 reasons: David Bratman". The Tolkienist. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
^ Bratman, David (2001). "R. B. McCallum: The Master Inkling". Mythlore. 23 (3): 34–42. JSTOR 26814237.
^ Anon. "David Bratman". San Francisco Classical Voice. Retrieved 3 February 2021.