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William Camden (2 May 1551 – 9 November 1623) was an English antiquarian, historian, and officer of arms. He wrote the first topographical survey of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and the first detailed historical account of the reign of Elizabeth I of England.
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[edit] References
- Adams, Simon (2002): Leicester and the Court: Essays in Elizabethan Politics Manchester UP ISBN 0719053250
- Copley, Gordon J. (1977): "Introduction" in Camden's Britannia: Surrey and Sussex. London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
- Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911 ed., s.v. "Camden, William"
- Jokinen, Anniina (2001): "William Camden."
- Jones, H. Stuart (1943): "The Foundation and History of the Camden Chair", Oxoniensa, viii, ix p. 175. Available online.
- Kenyon, John (1983): The History Men: The Historical Profession in England since the Renaissance Weidenfeld & Nicolson ISBN 0297782541
- Withers, Charles W. J. "A Vision of Scotland: Joan Blaeu and the Atlas novus".
[edit] Further Reading
- Trevor-Roper, H. R.: Queen Elizabeth's first historian: William Camden and the beginnings of English "civil history" Jonathan Cape 1971
- Woolf, D.R.: The Idea of History in Early Stuart England University of Toronto Press 1990
[edit] External links
- Britannia (1607) with English translation by Philemon Holland.
- The full text of Holland's translation of Britannia, on A Vision of Britain through Time, with links to places mentioned -- use the site's main home page to search for places mentioned by Camden)
- Annales (1615 and 1625) with introduction and English translation.
- Thomas Smith's Life of Camden (1691) in Latin and English.
- Archival material relating to William Camden listed at the UK National Register of Archives
Annotations
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William Camden (1551-1623) was an English historian, whose memory is preserved in the name of the Camden Society (founded 1838). Born in London and educated at Oxford University (Pembroke College), Camden became headmaster of Westminster School in 1593. His best-known work is Britannia (1586), a survey of Britain based on his own extensive travels and investigations, written in Latin. In 1597 he became Clarenceux king-at-arms (a heraldic appointment), and in 1615 produced his Annals of the Reign of Elizabeth to 1588. He died at Chislehurst and is buried in Westminster Abbey. He left his books and papers to Sir Robert Bruce Cotton.
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