John Edward Lloyd
Sir John Edward Lloyd (5 May 1861 – 20 June 1947) was born in Liverpool. He was educated in the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (which later become the University of Wales, Aberystwyth), which he left in 1881 and Lincoln College, Oxford, from which he graduated in 1883 with a first class honours degree. Lloyd became a famous and prolific Welsh historian. For example, he wrote the first serious history of the country's formative years, A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest (1911) and Owen Glendower/Owain Glyn Dŵr (1931). He was knighted in 1934. He co-edited with Robert Thomas Jenkins the first edition of the Dictionary of Welsh Biography, the foundation of the Dictionary of Welsh Biography, which was not published until 1959, after his death.
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Publications
The following publications are a sample of Lloyd's output. See Lloyd (1946-1948) below and Works by or about John Edward Lloyd at Internet Archive for additional publications.
Articles
- Lloyd, John Edward (1892). "Welsh place-names: A study of some common name-elements". Y Cymmrodor. II: 15–60.
- Lloyd, John Edward. "Hywel Dda: the historical setting". Aberystwyth Studies. 10: 1–4.
- Lloyd, John Edward. "The Welsh chronicles". Proceedings of the British Academy. 14: 369–391.
Books
- Lloyd, John Edward (1896), Ail Lyfr Hanes (Hanes Cymru o 400 Hyd 1066 O.C.), Caernarfon: Cwmni'r Wasg Genedlaethol Gymreig
- Lloyd, John (1903). Historical Memoranda of Breconshire; a Collection of Papers from Various Sources Relating to the History of the County, Volume 1. Brecon: Ellis Owen, 'Brecon & Radnor Express Offices'.
- Lloyd, John (1904). Historical Memoranda of Breconshire; a Collection of Papers from Various Sources Relating to the History of the County, Volume II. London: Bedford Press.
- Lloyd, John (1906). The early history of the old South Wales iron works (1760 to 1840). London: Bedford Press.
- Lloyd, John Edward (1911). A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest, Volume I. London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Lloyd, John Edward (1912). A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest, Volume II. London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Lloyd, J.E. (1914). Carnarvonshire. Cambridge: University Press.
Editorships
- Lewis, Hubert (1889). Lloyd, J.E. (ed.). The ancient laws of Wales. London: Elliot Stock.
- Lloyd, John Edward, ed. (1928). Hywel Dda: Penn a Molyant yr Holl Vrytanyeit (Brut y Tywysogion) 928-1928. Caerdydd: Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru.
- Lloyd, John Edward, ed. (1935), A History of Carmarthenshire, vol. I (1st ed.), Cardiff: London Carmarthenshire Society
- Lloyd, John Edward, ed. (1939), A History of Carmarthenshire, vol. II (1st ed.), Cardiff: London Carmarthenshire Society
- Lloyd, John Edward; Jenkins, R.T. (eds.). The Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1940. London: Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion.
Further reading
- Cymru Fydd
- Jenkins, R.T. (1947). "Syr John Edward Lloyd". Y Llenor. 25: 77–87.
- Lloyd, John Edward (1946–1948). "A list of the published writings of the late Sir John Edward Lloyd". Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies. 12: 96–105.
- Pryce, Huw (2004). "From medieval to modern Wales: the Wales of John Edward Lloyd". In Davies, R.R.; Jenkins, Geraint H. (eds.). From medieval to modern Wales: Historical essays in honour of Kenneth O. Morgan and Ralph A. Griffiths. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-1881-9.
- Pryce, Huw (2011). J.E. Lloyd and the creation of Welsh history Renewing a nation’s past. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-0-7083-2388-5.
- Pryce, Huw (2022). Writing Welsh history. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-874603-4.
- Welsh Biography Online