Wallace Wilfred Swinburne Breem (13 May 1926 – 12 March 1990)[1] was a British librarian and author.
His writing included non-fiction pieces, but he is probably best known for his three historical novels, especially Eagle in the Snow (1970).
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.
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.
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: In 1990, BIALL inaugurated the Wallace Breem Award in his memory.