Henry Richards Luard (25 August 1825 – 1 May 1891) was a British medieval historian and antiquary.

Biography

Luard was born on 25 August 1825 in London, the son of Henry Luard. He received his early education at

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, Surrey. He graduated from

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in 1847; and in 1849 was elected to a

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. He entered holy orders, and served as

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of the Church of St Mary the Great, Cambridge from 1860 to 1887. Luard Road in Cambridge is named after him.

Antiquarian activities

Luard was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and of

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; and was

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of the

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, and worked on cataloguing the manuscripts in the

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. He edited 17 volumes of medieval chronicles and other texts for the

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, and was an early scholarly editor of the papers of

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Personal life

In 1862 Luard married Louisa Calthorpe, youngest daughter of

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. She pre-deceased him in 1889. Luard died on 1 May 1891 in Cambridge. Both Luard and his wife are buried at Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground, Cambridge.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Luard, Henry Richards 1825 births 1891 deaths Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge Fellows of King's College London 19th-century British historians Registraries of the University of Cambridge