David J. Bradley
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David J. Bradley | |
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Born | February 22, 1915 |
Died | January 7, 2008 |
Nationality | American |
Education | Harvard Medical School |
Occupation | Writer |
Political party | Democratic |
David John Bradley (February 22, 1915 – January 7, 2008) was an American writer, surgeon, politician and champion skier.[1] His best-selling 1948 book No Place to Hide, a memoir of the Bikini atomic bomb tests, alerted the world to the dangers of radioactive fallout from nuclear weapon explosions.[2] Bradley was elected as a Democrat to the New Hampshire House of Representatives, serving 1955–59 and 1973–75.[3]
Education
He was a 1938 graduate of Dartmouth College and a graduate of Harvard Medical School. His papers are housed at Dartmouth's Rauner Library.[4]
References
- ↑ "U.S. National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame and Museum". Retrieved 2012-06-25.
- ↑ Bradley, David (1948). No Place to Hide. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.
- ↑ Fox, Margalit (2009-01-30). "David Bradley, 92, Author, Antinuclear Advocate, Champion Skier and State Legislator, Is Dead". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Guide to the papers of David J. Bradley". Rauner Library, Hanover, NH. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
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