Historia Regum Britanniae Transcript and Printed Volume 1844-1898

Lloyd, John Edward, Sir, 1861-1947

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John Edward Lloyd was born on 5 May 1861 at Liverpool. His family originally hailed from Penybontfawr, Montgomeryshire, and Lloyd remained loyal to these roots throughout his life. He was educated at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and subsequently at Lincoln College, Oxford, graduating in 1885 with a first class degree in history. In 1885, Lloyd returned to Aberystwyth as a lecturere in Welsh and History. In 1892, he moved to the University of Wales, Bangor, becom...

Mathews G. B. Professor

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Giles, J.A. (John Allen), 1808-1884

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Arthur, King In literature

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Professor G. B. Mathews

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Professor G. B. Mathews went on holiday in 1898 to Switzerland. During his stay he transcribed part of the Berne Manuscript for Professor W. Lewis Jones which contained the Historia Regum Britanniae . Professor Jones of the English Department of the University College of North Wales was at the time engaged in research on the place of the work of Geoffrey of Monmouth in the development of the Arthurian legend. Historia Regum Britanniae by Geoffrey of Monmouth traces the h...