BARNWELL, EDWARD LOWRY (1813 - 1887), antiquary and schoolmaster
Date of birth: 1813
Date of death: 1887
Gender: Male
Occupation: antiquary and schoolmaster
Area of activity: Education; History and Culture
Author: Robert Thomas Jenkins
Born at Bath, graduated (1st class in Mathematics) at Jesus College, Oxford, in 1834, took orders, and became headmaster of Ruthin school in 1839.
He was a prominent member of the Cambrian Archaeological Association from its foundation, was its secretary, 1854-75, and from time to time edited Archæologia Cambrensis, to which he contributed a long series of papers (list in Archæologia Cambrensis, October 1887 , also in Williams, Llyfryddiaeth Sir Ddinbych, part 3). After retiring from Ruthin in 1865, he lived at Melksham House, Wiltshire, where he died 9 August 1887; he was married, and had a son and a daughter.
Author
- Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, (1881 - 1969)
- I. O. Westwood, 'Edward Lowry Barnwell,' Archaeologia Cambrensis, January 1884
- Y Parch. E. L. Barnwell, M.A.,' Yr Haul, 1887, 285
Sources
- Wikipedia Article: Edward Barnwell
Further Reading
- E. L. Barnwell, Perrot notes: or some account of the various branches of the Perrot family (London 1867)
Works
- Wikidata: Q5341779
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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