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Humphrey Lloyd (by 1498–1562 Or Later)
Humphrey Lloyd may refer to: * Humphrey Llwyd (1527–1568), Welsh cartographer, author, antiquary and Member of Parliament * Humphrey Lloyd (by 1498–1562 or later), Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire * Humphrey Lloyd (physicist) (1800–1881), provost of Trinity College, Dublin, 1867–1881 * Humphrey Lloyd (bishop) Humphrey Lloyd (July or August 1610 – 18 January 1689) was Bishop of Bangor from 1674 until 1689. Life Lloyd was the third son of the vicar of Ruabon, Denbighshire, Wales, and was born in Trawsfynydd, Merioneth, Wales. He studied at the ... (1610–1689), Bishop of Bangor, 1674–1689 See also * Mount Humphrey Lloyd, a mountain in Victoria Land, Antarctica, named for the provost of Trinity College {{hndis, Lloyd, Humphrey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humphrey Llwyd
Humphrey Llwyd (also spelled Lhuyd) (1527–1568) was a Welsh cartographer, author, antiquary and Member of Parliament. He was a leading member of the Renaissance period in Wales along with other such men as Thomas Salisbury and William Morgan. His library, together with those of his patron, the Earl of Arundel and his brother-in-law, Lord Lumley, formed the basis of the Royal Collection of books; currently housed at the British Library. His motto was ("Fame lasts longer than wealth").Jones 2014. Life Llwyd was born at Foxhall, his family's estate in Denbigh, the county seat of the then county of Denbighshire. His father, Robert Llwyd, was descended from Harry Rossendale, henchman and grantee of the Earl of Lincoln. The first of the family that came to Wales from England appears to have been Foulk Rosindale, from whom Foxhall, or Foulk's Hall, was called. He married into the family of the Llwyd's of Aston, the probable source where his descendants derived their name, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humphrey Lloyd (by 1498–1562 Or Later)
Humphrey Lloyd may refer to: * Humphrey Llwyd (1527–1568), Welsh cartographer, author, antiquary and Member of Parliament * Humphrey Lloyd (by 1498–1562 or later), Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire * Humphrey Lloyd (physicist) (1800–1881), provost of Trinity College, Dublin, 1867–1881 * Humphrey Lloyd (bishop) Humphrey Lloyd (July or August 1610 – 18 January 1689) was Bishop of Bangor from 1674 until 1689. Life Lloyd was the third son of the vicar of Ruabon, Denbighshire, Wales, and was born in Trawsfynydd, Merioneth, Wales. He studied at the ... (1610–1689), Bishop of Bangor, 1674–1689 See also * Mount Humphrey Lloyd, a mountain in Victoria Land, Antarctica, named for the provost of Trinity College {{hndis, Lloyd, Humphrey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humphrey Lloyd (physicist)
Humphrey Lloyd Royal Society of London, FRS FRSE Royal Irish Academy, MRIA (1800–1881) was an Irish physicist. He was Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin (1831-1843) and much later Provost (1867–1881). Lloyd is known for experimentally verifying conical refraction, a theoretical prediction made by William Rowan Hamilton about the way light is bent when travelling through a Optic axis of a crystal, biaxial crystal. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and President of both the British Association and the Royal Irish Academy. Early life The eldest son of the Rev. Bartholomew Lloyd, and his wife, Eleanor McLaughlin, he was born in Dublin on 16 April 1800. His father had also served as Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy and Provost of TCD. After early education at Mr. White's school in Dublin, he entered Trinity College Dublin in 1815, first out of 63 competitors in the entrance examination. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humphrey Lloyd (bishop)
Humphrey Lloyd (July or August 1610 – 18 January 1689) was Bishop of Bangor from 1674 until 1689. Life Lloyd was the third son of the vicar of Ruabon, Denbighshire, Wales, and was born in Trawsfynydd, Merioneth, Wales. He studied at the University of Oxford, matriculating from Jesus College in 1628 but graduating from Oriel College in 1630, becoming a fellow of Oriel, where he was a tutor for many years, in 1631. During the English Civil War, he was arrested in September 1642 for uttering Royalist views when the Parliamentarian Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire visited Oxford. In 1644, he was appointed prebend of Ampleforth by John Williams, the Archbishop of York, to whom Lloyd was chaplain, but the advance of the Scottish army prevented his installation at that time. Three years later, in 1647, the House of Lords ordered that he be installed as vicar of Ruabon on taking the National League and Covenant, but he would appear not to have stayed in post for long, if indeed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
