Thomas Charles-Edwards
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Thomas Mowbray Charles-Edwards FRHistS FLSW FBA (born 11 November 1943) is an academic at Oxford University. He holds the post of Jesus Professor of Celtic
and is a Professorial Fellow at Jesus College
.
He was educated at Ampleforth College
before reading History at Corpus Christi College, Oxford
, where he studied for a doctorate after taking the Diploma in Celtic Studies under Sir Idris Foster
. He held a Bergin Fellowship at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
from 1968 to 1969. He then was a Junior Research Fellow and then a Fellow in History at Corpus Christi College before being appointed to the chair of Celtic.
His expertise is in the fields of the history
and language of Wales
and Ireland
, during the so-called Irish Dark Age (during the Roman Empire) and the General "Dark Ages", which followed the collapse of the Roman Empire
in the west.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
, a Fellow of the British Academy
and is a Founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales
. He was elected honorary member of the Royal Irish Academy
in 2007.
He is a grandson of Thomas Charles Edwards
, first Principal of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
.
Jesus Professor of Celtic
The Jesus Professorship of Celtic is a professorship in Celtic studies at the University of Oxford within the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages. The holder is also a Professorial Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford. The chair was established in 1876, and the first professor was Sir John Rhys...
and is a Professorial Fellow at Jesus College
Jesus College, Oxford
Jesus College is one of the colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the city, on a site between Turl Street, Ship Street, Cornmarket Street and Market Street...
.
He was educated at Ampleforth College
Ampleforth College
Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire, England, is the largest Roman Catholic co-educational boarding independent school in the United Kingdom. It opened in 1802, as a boys' school, and is run by the Benedictine monks and lay staff of Ampleforth Abbey...
before reading History at Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Corpus Christi College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom...
, where he studied for a doctorate after taking the Diploma in Celtic Studies under Sir Idris Foster
Idris Foster
Sir Idris Llewelyn Foster was a distinguished Welsh scholar, and was most notably Jesus Professor of Celtic at the University of Oxford from 1947 until 1978....
. He held a Bergin Fellowship at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Dublin, Ireland was established in 1940 by the Taoiseach of the time, Éamon de Valera under the . The Institute consists of 3 schools: The , the and the . The directors of these schools are currently Professor Werner Nahm, Professor Luke Drury and...
from 1968 to 1969. He then was a Junior Research Fellow and then a Fellow in History at Corpus Christi College before being appointed to the chair of Celtic.
His expertise is in the fields of the history
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
and language of Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
and Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, during the so-called Irish Dark Age (during the Roman Empire) and the General "Dark Ages", which followed the collapse of the Roman Empire
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
in the west.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Royal Historical Society
The Royal Historical Society was founded in 1868. The premier society in the United Kingdom which promotes and defends the scholarly study of the past, it is based at University College London...
, a Fellow of the British Academy
British Academy
The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national body for the humanities and the social sciences. Its purpose is to inspire, recognise and support excellence in the humanities and social sciences, throughout the UK and internationally, and to champion their role and value.It receives an annual...
and is a Founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales
Learned Society of Wales
The Learned Society of Wales is a society that exists to “celebrate, recognise, preserve, protect and encourage excellence in all of the scholarly disciplines”.The society was launched on 25 May 2010 at the National Museum of Wales...
. He was elected honorary member of the Royal Irish Academy
Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish Academy , based in Dublin, is an all-Ireland, independent, academic body that promotes study and excellence in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. It is one of Ireland's premier learned societies and cultural institutions and currently has around 420 Members, elected in...
in 2007.
He is a grandson of Thomas Charles Edwards
Thomas Charles Edwards
Thomas Charles-Edwards was a Welsh minister, writer and academic who was the first Principal of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth....
, first Principal of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth University is a university located in Aberystwyth, Wales. Aberystwyth was a founding Member Institution of the former federal University of Wales. As of late 2006, the university had over 12,000 students spread across seventeen academic departments.The university was founded in 1872 as...
.
Publications
- 1971. 'The Date of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi', Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1970 Part 2, 263-298.
- 1978. 'Honour and Status in some Irish and Welsh Prose Tales', Ériu 29, 123-141.
- 1978. 'The Authenticity of the Gododdin: An Historian's View', R. Bromwich, R. Brinley Jones (eds.), Astudiaethau ar yr Hengerdd: Studies in Old Welsh Poetry, cyflwynedig i Syr Idris Foster (Cardiff), 44-71.
- 1983. With Fergus Kelly. Bechbretha (Dublin).
- 1986. Ed. with Morfydd Owen & D B Walters. Lawyers and Laymen (Cardiff).
- 1989. The Welsh Laws (Cardiff).
- 1991. 'The Arthur of History', R. Bromwich, A. O. H. Jarman, B. F. Roberts (eds.), The Arthur of the Welsh (Cardiff), 15-32.
- 1993. Early Irish and Welsh Kinship (Oxford).
- 2000. Ed. with Morfydd Owen & Paul Russell. The Welsh King and His Court (Cardiff).
- 2000. Early Christian Ireland (Cambridge).
- 2003. Ed. After Rome: c.400-c.800 (Oxford).
- 2005. Ed. with Paul Russell. Tair Colofn Cyfraith. The Three Columns of Law in Medieval Wales: Homicide, Theft and Fire (Bangor).
External links
- Personal website for Jesus College.
- Electronic Bibliography of Irish Linguistics and Literature: