Thomas Mowbray Owen Charles-Edwards (born 11 November 1943) is an emeritus academic at the

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. He formerly held the post of Jesus Professor of Celtic and is a Professorial

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at Jesus College.

Biography

He was educated at

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before reading History at

Corpus Christi College, Oxford Corpus Christi College (formally, Corpus Christi College in the University of Oxford; informally abbreviated as Corpus or CCC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1517 by Richard Fo ...

, where he studied for a doctorate after taking the Diploma in Celtic Studies under Sir Idris Foster. He studied at the

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) () is a statutory independent research institute in Dublin, Ireland. It was established, under the Institute For Advanced Studies Act 1940, by the government of the then Taoiseach, Éamon de Vale ...

from 1967 to 1969. He then was a junior research fellow and then a fellow in history at Corpus Christi College before being appointed to the chair of Celtic. His expertise is in the fields of the

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and language of

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and

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, during the so-called

Irish Dark Age The prehistory of Ireland has been pieced together from archaeological evidence, which has grown at an increasing rate over recent decades. It begins with the first evidence of permanent human residence in Ireland around 10,500 BC (although the ...

(during the Roman Empire) and the general " Dark Ages", which followed the collapse of the

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in the west. He is a Fellow of the

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, a Fellow of the

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and a Founding Fellow of the

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. He was elected honorary member of the

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in 2007. He is a great-grandson of

Thomas Charles Edwards Thomas Charles Edwards (22 September 183722 March 1900) was a Welsh minister, writer and academic who was the first Principal of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Life Thomas Charles Edwards was born at Llanycil, Bala, Merioneth ...

, first Principal of

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Publications

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References

External links

Personal website for Jesus College
*Electronic Bibliography of Irish Linguistics and Literature:
1942–71

1971–
{{DEFAULTSORT:Charles-Edwards, Thomas Living people 1943 births Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Oxford Fellows of Jesus College, Oxford Fellows of the British Academy Fellows of the Royal Historical Society Fellows of the Learned Society of Wales Celtic studies scholars 20th-century Welsh historians Anglo-Saxon studies scholars Jesus Professors of Celtic People educated at Ampleforth College Historians of the University of Oxford 21st-century Welsh historians