Name Alexander Ewald Role Writer | Died 1891 | |
Books The Life and Times of Prince, The Life and Times of the Ho, The crown and its advisers, The Life and Times of Prince, The Right Hon Benjamin | ||
Parents Christian Ferdinand Ewald |
Alexander Charles Ewald (1842–1891) was an English civil servant, known as a historical writer.
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Life
He was born at Jerusalem, the son of Christian Ferdinand Ewald (1802–1874), who from a Jewish family became a Christian convert working for the London Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Jews. He was educated abroad and was appointed to a clerkship in the Public Record Office in 1861, rising to be senior clerk by 1890. He died at 31 Victoria Road, Upper Norwood, on 20 June 1891.
Works
While at the Public Record Office, Ewald was mainly responsible for the completion of the work begun by Thomas Duffus Hardy in 1835: a full calendar and précis of the Norman Rolls-Henry V. It was printed in vols. xli. and xlii. of the Deputy-keeper's Reports (1880 and 1881), and supplemented by a glossary prepared by Ewald. He also wrote less technical historical works, including: