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Birthplace

Birthplace was Loppington, Shropshire, according to The Welsh Biography online (and to Wikipedia Loppington page).

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Latest comment: 10 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Edward and his contemporaries definitely spelled his name Lhuyd. I have a copy of Pryce's 1790 Archæologia Cornu-Britannica here and that spelling is all through it. Evertype 17:12, 28 July 2006 (UTC)Reply

Edward and his contemporaries definitely spelled his name Luid / Luid. far more often and were inconsistent as to anything else.

The article is almost certainly at the wrong place now. The guy himself and Oxford even now more often spell his name Lhwyd. Lhuyd seems to have been used for just one book, although cursory scholars like the editor above and the academics checking Wikipedia below may have made Lhuyd more common in recent work. — LlywelynII 22:46, 15 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

"Further reading"

Latest comment: 10 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

is generally useless and all the moreso when it's an uncurated laundry list like the article formerly had:

Campbell, John Lorne; Thomson, Derick S. (1963). Edward Lhuyd in the Scottish Highlands, 1699–1700. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Cram, David (2010). "Edward Lhuyd's Archaeologia Britannica: Method and madness in early modern comparative philology". Welsh History Review. 25 (1): 75–96.
Daniel, Glyn (1966). "Edward Lhuyd: Antiquary and archaeologist". Welsh History Review. 3: 345–59.
Edwards, Nancy (2007). "Edward Lhuyd and the origins of early medieval Celtic archaeology". Antiquaries Journal. 87: 165–96. doi:10.1017/S0003581500000883. S2CID 161645828.
Edwards, Nancy (2010). "Edward Lhuyd: An archaeologist's view". Welsh History Review. 25 (1): 20–50.
Hellyer, Marcus (1996). "The pocket museum: Edward Lhwyd's Lithophylacium". Archives of Natural History. 23: 43–60. doi:10.3366/anh.1996.23.1.43.
Emery, Frank (1971). Edward Lhuyd, F.R.S., 1600–1709. Cardiff: Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru. ISBN 0900768673.
Gunther, Robert T. (1945). Life and Letters of Edward Lhwyd, second Keeper of the Musaeum Ashmoleanum. Early Science in Oxford. Vol. 14. Oxford.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Lock, Charles (2007). "Five passports and a broken stone: Tercentenary thoughts in honour of Edward Lhuyd". In Sevaldsen, Jørgen; Rasmussen, Jens Rahbek (eds.). The State of the Union: Scotland, 1707–2007. Angles on the English-Speaking World. Vol. 7. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum. pp. 129–52. ISBN 9788763507028.
MacGregor, Arthur (2010). "Edward Lhuyd, museum keeper". Welsh History Review. 25 (1): 51–74.
McGuinness, David (1996). "Edward Lhuyd's contribution to the study of Irish megalithic tombs". Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. 126: 62–85.
Parry, Graham (2010). "Edward Lhuyd: From formed stones to standing stones". Welsh History Review. 25 (1): 3–19.
Roberts, Brynley F. (1979). "Edward Lhwyd's collection of printed books". Bodleian Library Record. 10: 112–27.
Roberts, Brynley F. (1980). Edward Lhuyd: The making of a scientist. G. J. Williams memorial lecture 1979. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0708307477.
Roberts, Brynley F. (2009). "Edward Lhwyd (c. 1660–1709): Folklorist". Folklore. 120 (1): 36–56. doi:10.1080/00155870802647825. S2CID 161827188.
Roberts, Brynley F. (2019). "Edward Lhwyd in Cornwall". Studia Celtica. 53 (1): 133–152. doi:10.16922/SC.53.8. S2CID 213962823.
Williams, Derek R. (1993). Prying into Every Hole and Corner: Edward Lhuyd in Cornwall in 1700. Trewirgie: Dyllansow Truran. ISBN 1850220662.
Williams, Derek R. (2009). Edward Lhuyd, 1660–1709: A Shropshire Welshman. Oswesty & District Civic Society.

Kindly only restore these to the article (a) once they're being used to source statements within the article or (b) once there's some further context beyond "this is what Google Scholar spits out when this name is searched... only in Wiki formatting". Otherwise it's worse than useless: it creates the mistaken appearance of a well-sourced article when none of these are actually being used by the editors. — LlywelynII 13:17, 15 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Sources for further expansion

Latest comment: 10 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

In addition to those listed above, there's more at the provided OUMHS and Rice U sources. — LlywelynII 00:20, 16 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Missing biblio item

Latest comment: 4 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Llwyd, Edward, ed. (c. 1670). A Collection of Highland Rites and Customes. Boyle, Robert; Kirkwood, James (attributed compilers); Sibbald, Robert (abridger).

Strangely, I can't seem to find a digitized copy of this via the usual suspects (Google Books, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust). A surviving original is in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. A modern reprint was put out by the academic publisher D. S. Brewer for the Folklore Society (attributed to James Kirkwood; edited by John Lorne Campbell; 1975; ISBN 9780859910125). The actual credits for this work are subject to some conflicting claims (by Llwyd himself), as summarized here: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/be9708fb-d7af-432a-9c17-db2c2ddc0d45
2001:5A8:4260:3100:B8D6:AD46:D3C2:8E57 (talk) 07:30, 12 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

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