Alexander Charles Ewald

Alexander Charles Ewald (1842–1891) was an English civil servant, known as a historical writer.

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.[1]

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:[1]

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Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Sidney Lee, ed. (1901). "Ewald, Alexander Charles". Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co.