Denis William Brogan

Denis William Brogan , 1900-1974, British historian and political scientist, b. Glasgow, Scotland. He was educated at the Univ. of Glasgow, Oxford, and Harvard and was professor of political science at Cambridge from 1939 to 1968. Brogan was best known as an interpreter of American history and politics for British readers. His writings include The American Political System (1933), Politics and Law in the United States (1941), The Era of Franklin D. Roosevelt (1950), America in the Modern World (1960), American Aspects (1964), and Worlds in Conflict (1967). He was knighted in 1963.

Johnston, (William) Denis (1901–84), playwright, critic, and mystical philosopher, is best known for his plays, which include The Old Lady Says ‘No!’ (1929), The Moon in the Yellow River (1931), A Bride for the Unicorn (1933), and The Scythe and the Sunset (1958). He also worte plays for television and radio. His daughter is Jennifer Johnston.

Browne, (William Charles) Denis (b Leamington Spa, 1888; d Achi Baba, Turkey, death in action, 1915). Eng. composer and critic. Wrote mus. criticism for The Times, 1913–14, and New Statesman, 1914. His works incl. a ballet The Comic Spirit; God is Our Strength, unacc. ch. (1912); 2 Tennyson settings (Move Eastward, Happy Earth and The Snowdrop) (c.1909); and the songs Diaphenia (H. Constable) (1912), Epitaph on Salathiel Pavy (Jonson) (1913), To Gratiana Dancing and Singing (Lovelace) (1912–14), and Arabia (de la Mare) (1914).