Edward Lhuyd

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Edward Lhuyd FRS, also known as Edward Lhwyd and by other spellings, was a Welsh naturalist, botanist, herbalist, alchemist, scientist, linguist, geographer, and antiquary. Wikipedia

Born: 1660, United Kingdom

Died: June 30, 1709 (age 49 years), Oxford, United Kingdom

Books: Archæologia Britannica, A Collection of Highland Rites and Customes: Copied by Edward Lhuyd from the Manuscript of the Rev. James Kirkwood (1650-1709) and Annotated by Him with the Aid of the Rev. John Beaton, Celtic Linguistics, 1700-1850: pt. 2. Celtica, and more

Awards: Fellow of the Royal Society

Education: Jesus College

Parents: Edward Lloyd