LLOYD, HANNIBAL EVANS (1771 - 1847), author and translator

Born in London, son of Henry Lloyd (see article on him) described as a native of Cwmbychan, a farm in the parish of Llanbedr, Meironnydd. His mother was a descendant of the Garnetts of Yorkshire. Having lost his parents when young, he was brought up by relatives. In 1800 he settled at Hamburg in Germany, and later fought in defence of that city against the French. Returning to England in July 1813 he was appointed to a post in the foreign office, and remained there until his death on 15 July 1847. He had married Fraülein von Schwartskopff, Hamburg. A capable linguist and scholar, he was the author of Hamburg or … Transactions which took place in that city during the first six months of 1813; Alexander I, Emperor of Russia or Sketch of his Life; George IV, Memoirs of his Life and Reign; Descriptive and Historical Illustrations in English and French to accompany J. Coney's Architectural Beauties… of Europe; Descriptive and Historical Illustrations to accompany J. M. W. Turner's Picturesque Views in England and Wales; Theoretischpraktische Englische Sprachlehre fur Deutsche, English and German Dialogues. He also edited or revised a large number of historical and linguistic works, and was responsible for translating into English many foreign works, mainly of a historical and topographical nature.

Author

• Griffith Milwyn Griffiths

Sources

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
• T. R. Roberts, Eminent Welshmen: a short biographical dictionary of Welshmen... from the earliest times to the present (1908)
• British Museum. Catalogue of Printed Books (1882)
• H. Blackwell, NLW MSS 9265A: A Dictionary of Welsh Biography
• The Gentleman's Magazine, 1847

Further Reading

• Wikipedia Article: Hannibal Evans Lloyd

Additional Links

• VIAF: 7635024
• Wikidata: Q15994587

Published date: 1959

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