Walter de Gray Birch

For other people with the same name, see Walter Birch (disambiguation).
Walter de Gray Birch
Birch at the Turin Academy of Science in 1900, age 58.
Born(1842-01-01)1 January 1842
Died8 March 1924(1924-03-08) (aged 82)
OccupationsCurator, Editor, Librarian
Academic background
EducationCharterhouse School
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Academic work
DisciplineHistory, Philology
Sub-disciplineAnglo Saxon Studies, Heraldry
InstitutionsBritish Museum, Department of Western Manuscripts

Walter de Gray Birch FSA (1 Jan 1842 – 8 March 1924) was an English historian, editor and author. He is best known for his Cartularium Saxonicum — A Collection of Charters Relating to Anglo-Saxon History, which supersedes John Mitchell Kemble's Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici.

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