Walter de Gray Birch
Walter de Gray Birch (1842–1924) was an English historian, editor and author. He is best known for his Cartularium Saxonicum — A Collection of Charters Relating to Anglo-Saxon History, which supersede John Mitchell Kemble's Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici.
History[]
Birch worked in the British Museum Department of Manuscripts between 1864 and 1902, transcribing and cataloguing Anglo-Saxon charters.[1]
Bibliography[]
His large output includes:
- John Mitchell Kemble. Walter de Gray Birch (ed.). The Saxons in England: A History of the English Commonwealth till the Period of the Norman Conquest. (2 vols).
- Walter de Gray Birch (ed.). Cartularium Saxonicum: A Collection of Charters Relating to Anglo-Saxon History. (3 vols).
- Walter de Gray Birch (1902). A History of Neath Abbey.
- Walter de Gray Birch. History of the Scottish Seals. (2 vols).
- Walter de Gray Birch. Domesday Book: A popular account of the Exchequer Manuscript so called. (2 vols).
References[]
- ^ "Cartularium Saxonicum". Waterstones. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
Categories:
- Historians of England
- English historians
- 1842 births
- 1924 deaths