Walter de Gray Birch
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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 supersedes 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. Vol. (2 vols).
- Walter de Gray Birch (ed.). Cartularium Saxonicum: A Collection of Charters Relating to Anglo-Saxon History. Vol. (3 vols).
- Walter de Gray Birch (1902). A History of Neath Abbey.
- Walter de Gray Birch. History of the Scottish Seals. Vol. (2 vols).
- Walter de Gray Birch. Domesday Book: A popular account of the Exchequer Manuscript so called. Vol. (2 vols).
References
- ^ "Cartularium Saxonicum". Waterstones. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
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