Person Lhuyd; Edward (1660 - 1709); naturalist and antiquary Lhuyd Edward naturalist and antiquary Lhwyd 1660 - 1709 British Male Glan Ffraid, Llanfihangel Geneu'r Glyn, Cardiganshire, Wales 1660 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 30 June 1709 Burial: South aisle, St Michael's Church, Oxford

Eynsham, near Oxford

Palaeontology Botany Philology Education: Jesus College, Oxford (matriculated 1682; no degree). MA honora causa (1701, Oxon) Career: Assistant to Robert Plot (FRS 1677); Under-keeper (1684), then Head Keeper (1690), Ashmolean Museum; travelled to Scotland (1699), Ireland (1700), Cornwall and Brittany (1701); arrested in Helston, Cornwall on suspicion of theft and in St Pol de Leon as a spy, but was released after 18 days imprisonment in Brest; collected natural history specimens for the Ashmolean Museum; employed by Dr Gibson to provided information on Wales for a new edition of Camden's 'Britannia'; MA granted on condition that he give six lectures a year on natural history; published 'Archaeologia Britannica' (1707); in opposition to Dr Woodward over creation of fossils; Superior Beadle of Divinity, Oxford (1709); died due to an attack of pleurisy, complicated by asthma Natural son of Edward Llwyd of Llanvorda, near Oswestry and Bridget, daughter of Mr Pryse of Gogerddan, Cardiganshire Fellow 30/11/1708 Proposed 24 November 1708 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Foster Authority: Altname from DSB International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 1660 - 30 Jun 1709 NA7782 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes db7e88cb-74ea-4069-b1b8-d1d90cba25ef