Sir John Edward Lloyd (5 May 1861 – 20 June 1947) was a

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, 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

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in 1934. Under his editorship, the first edition of the ''

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'' was compiled, though not published until after his death (1950).

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Welsh Biography Online

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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

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