Maury A. Bromsen

Maury Austin Bromsen (1919–2005) was an American

Bromsen began selling books as early as 1941, while teaching at City College in New York, and spent two years at the University of Chile, in 1941 and in 1947, as both student and teacher.

For several years Bromsen was a member of the Department of Cultural Affairs for the

Upon his demise Bromsen left the John Carter Brown Library more than four million dollars and approximately 10,000 books and several thousand manuscripts.

External links

• The Lincoln Bequest of Maury A. Bromsen
• Obituary in The San Diego-Union Tribune
• Legacy of a bookman
• Bromsen's Memorabilia of José Toribio Medina