Alexander Charles Ewald (1842–1891) was an English civil servant, known as a historical writer.
Life
He was born at Jerusalem, the son of
Christian Ferdinand Ewald (1802–1874), who from a Jewish family became a Christian convert working for the
London Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Jews. He was educated abroad and was appointed to a clerkship in the
Public Record Office
The Public Record Office (abbreviated as PRO, pronounced as three letters and referred to as ''the'' PRO), Chancery Lane in the City of London, was the guardian of the national archives of the United Kingdom from 1838 until 2003, when it was ...
in 1861, rising to be senior clerk by 1890. He died at 31 Victoria Road,
Upper Norwood, on 20 June 1891.
Works
While at the Public Record Office, Ewald was mainly responsible for the completion of the work begun by
Thomas Duffus Hardy
Sir Thomas Duffus Hardy (22 May 1804 – 15 June 1878) was an English archivist and antiquary, who served as Deputy Keeper of the Public Record Office from 1861 to 1878.
Life
Hardy was the third son of Major Thomas Bartholomew Price Hardy, from ...
in 1835: a full calendar and précis of the ''Norman Rolls-Henry V''. It was printed in vols. xli. and xlii. of the ''Deputy-keeper's Reports'' (1880 and 1881), and supplemented by a glossary prepared by Ewald. He also wrote less technical historical works, including:
* ''A Reference Book of English History'', 1866 and 1867.
* ''Our Constitution: an Epitome of our Chief Laws and System of Government'', 1867.
* ''The Last Century of Universal History (1767–1867)'', 1868.
* ''Our Public Records: a Brief Handbook to the National Archives'', 1873.
* ''Life and Times of Algernon Sydney'', 1873, 2 vols.
* ''Life and Times of Prince Charles Stuart, Count of Albany'', 1875 and 1883, 2 vols.
* ''Sir Robert Walpole: a Political Biography'', 1877.
* ''Representative Statesmen'', 1879, 2 vols.
* ''Stories from the State Papers'', 1881, 2 vols.
* ''The Rt. Hon. Benjamin Disraeli and his Times'', 1883, 2 vols.
* ''Leaders of the Senate: a Biographical History of the Rise and Development of the British Constitution'', 1884–5, 2 vols.
* ''Studies Re-studied: Historical Sketches from Original Sources'', 1885.
* ''The Life of Sir Joseph Napier, Bart.'', 1887.
* ''Paper and Parchment'' (Record Office Studies), 1890.
Notes
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1842 births
1891 deaths
19th-century British historians
Contributors to the Dictionary of National Biography