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Authorised form of nameCastell; Edmund (c1606 - 1685); scholar and lexicographer
Other forms of nameEdmond
Datesc1606 - 1685
NationalityBritish
Place of birthEast Hatley, Cambridgeshire, England, Europe
Date of birthc. 1606
Place of deathHigham Gobion, Bedfordshire, England, Europe
Date of deathJanuary 1685
DatesAndPlacesBaptism:
East Hatley, Cambridgeshire, England, Europe (4 January 1606)
Burial:
Higham Gobion, Cambridge, England, Europe (5 January 1686)
OccupationClergyman, Church of England
Research fieldLinguistics
ActivityEducation:
Emmanuel College, Cambridge (BA 1624/5; MA 1628; BD 1635; DD Lit. Reg. 1661)
Career:
Vicar of Hatfield Peveril, Essex (to 1638); Rector of Woodham Walter (1647); Chaplain to Charles II (1666); Prebendary of Canterbury (1667); Professor of Arabic at Cambridge (1666); Rector of Higham Gobion, Bedfordshire; spent £12,000 on the publication of his 'Lexicon Heptaglotton', which left him so impoverished that he was imprisoned for debt (1667); also assisted in the compilation of the Polyglot Bible; bequeathed his collection of manuscripts to Cambridge University Library
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election16/04/1674
ProposerSeth Ward
RelationshipsParents: Robert Castell and Elizabeth Alleyn
Siblings: Elizabeth Marshall (née Castell)
Married: Elizabeth Herris (formerly Bettesworth)
OtherInfoIt is theorised that Castell's connection to some Parliamentary commissioners through his sister's marriage prevented him from being persecuted during the Civil War and Interregnum despite his loyalty to the Crown. Shortyly after the Restoration, he published a collection of pomes, 'Sol Angliae Oriens' in honour of Charles II and with a request to encourage the printing and sale of his 'Lexicon', which was causing to lose money. While he paid his subscription to the Society regularly, he was not active in its meetings or work.
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Castell E, IM005601.jpg

SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn; Hunter; ODNB
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/99544852
CodeNA4544
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