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Sir John Edward Lloyd (5 May 1861 – 20 June 1947) was a
Welsh Biography Online
Sir John Edward Lloyd (5 May 1861 – 20 June 1947) was a Welsh
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historian, He was the author of the first serious history of the country's formative years, ''A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest'' (1911).
Another of his great works was ''Owain Glendower: Owain Glyn Dŵr'' (1931). For his achievements in the field, he was made a Knight Bachelor in 1934. Under his editorship, the first edition of the ''Dictionary of Welsh Biography
The ''Dictionary of Welsh Biography'' (DWB) (also ''The Dictionary of Welsh Biography Down to 1940'' and ''The Dictionary of Welsh Biography, 1941 to 1970'') is a biographical dictionary of Welsh people who have made a significant contribution to ...
'' was compiled, though not published until after his death (1950).
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*Cymru Fydd
The Cymru Fydd (The Wales to Come; ) movement was founded in 1886 by some of the London Welsh. Some of its main leaders included David Lloyd George (later Prime Minister), J. E. Lloyd, O. M. Edwards, T. E. Ellis (leader, MP for Merioneth, 1886– ...
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lloyd, John Edward 1861 births 1947 deaths Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford 20th-century Welsh historians Members of the Cambrian Archaeological Association 19th-century Welsh historians Welsh politicians Welsh book editors Celtic studies scholars Historians of Wales Knights Bachelor