Laurence Nowell

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Laurence Nowell was a 16th-century English antiquary and scholar of Old English, best known for his pioneering work on Anglo-Saxon manuscripts and early English history.

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instanceOf English antiquary
human
scholar of Old English
activeInPeriod 16th century
associatedWith Elizabethan court NERFINISHED
early English nationalism
collected Anglo-Saxon charters NERFINISHED
medieval English manuscripts
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
created maps of England and Ireland
dateOfBirth c. 1530
died after 1570
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford
University of Oxford
employer William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Anglo-Saxon history
Old English studies
antiquarianism
gender male
hasFamilyName Nowell NERFINISHED
hasGivenName Laurence NERFINISHED
influenced later Anglo-Saxon scholarship
knownFor collecting Anglo-Saxon manuscripts
compiling Anglo-Saxon glossaries
early study of the Beowulf manuscript
languageOfWorkOrName English
Latin
notableFor early English history research
pioneering work on Anglo-Saxon manuscripts
notableWork Anglo-Saxon dictionary manuscript (lost) NERFINISHED
occupation antiquary
cartographer
linguist
partOf Tudor-era antiquarian movement
placeOfBirth Lancashire NERFINISHED
positionHeld secretary to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
tutor to Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
researched Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies
early English law codes
studied Anglo-Saxon charters
Anglo-Saxon law
Old English language
studiedAt London (as a center of antiquarian work) NERFINISHED

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