Edmund Chilmead

Edmund Chilmead (1610 – 19 February 1654), wrongly called Edward in various sources, was an English writer and translator active in Oxford during the Civil War and early Commonwealth periods. He is remembered mainly for his scholarly works, including those relating to Byzantine history and to music, and also as a practical musician, a few of his songs surviving in notation. Anthony à Wood described him as "a choice mathematician, a noted critic, and one that understood several tongues, especially the Greek, very well." He was a "Critic" in the academic sense, one who was skilled in the study or analysis of texts. His edition of the Chronographia of John Malalas was his most lasting contribution to scholarship.

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