Edwin Guest

LL.D. Legum Doctor (Latin: “teacher of the laws”) (LL.D.) or, in English, Doctor of Laws, is a doctorate-level academic degree in law or an honorary degree, depending on the jurisdiction. The double “L” in the abbreviation refers to the earl ...

FRS (10 September 180023 November 1880) was an English

antiquary An antiquarian or antiquary () is an aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past. More specifically, the term is used for those who study history with particular attention to ancient artifacts, archaeological and historic sit ...

. He was educated at

King Edward's School, Birmingham King Edward's School (KES) is an independent day school for boys in the British public school tradition, located in Edgbaston, Birmingham. Founded by King Edward VI in 1552, it is part of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI in Birm ...

, and at

Caius College, Cambridge Gonville and Caius College, often referred to simply as Caius ( ), is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1348, it is the fourth-oldest of the University of Cambridge's 31 colleges and one of th ...

, where he graduated as eleventh wrangler, subsequently becoming a

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of his college. Called to the bar in 1828, he devoted himself, after some years of legal practice, to antiquarian and literary research. In 1838 he published his exhaustive 2-volume ''History of English Rhythms''. He also wrote a very large number of papers on

Roman-British Roman Britain was the period in classical antiquity when large parts of the island of Great Britain were under occupation by the Roman Empire. The occupation lasted from AD 43 to AD 410. During that time, the territory conquered ...

history, which, together with a mass of fresh material for a history of early Britain, were published posthumously under the editorship of Dr Stubbs under the title Origines Celticae (1883). Guest was an instrumental figure in founding the second incarnation of the Philological Society of London in 1842.(Madison) Fiona Carolyn Marshall. ‘Edwin Guest: Philologist, Historian, and Founder of the Philological Society of London’. ''Language & History'' (July 2016); formerly ''Bulletin of the Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas'' 42, no. 1 (2004): 11–30, https://doi.org/10.1080/02674971.2004.11745588 In 1852 Guest was elected master of Caius College, becoming

in the following year, and in 1854-1855 he was vice-chancellor of Cambridge University. Guest was a

fellow of the Royal Society Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the judges of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematic ...

, and an honorary member of the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guest, Edwin 1800 births 1880 deaths Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge English antiquarians Fellows of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Fellows of the Royal Society Masters of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge