Edward Lhwyd: C.1660-1709, Naturalist, Antiquary, Philologist

by Brynley F. Roberts

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A critical biography of an influential seventeenth-century Welsh intellectual.

Edward Lhwyd, an illegitimate son of a father ruined by the English Civil War, made his own way in the world, finally laying the foundation for modern Celtic studies. A competent botanist as a child, he spent his collegiate days at Oxford University in the Botanical Garden before being appointed the second keeper of the newly established Ashmolean Museum...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:178683782X

ISBN13:9781786837820

Release Date:September 2022

Publisher:University of Wales Press

Length:304 Pages

Weight:0.97 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"

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