This article is about the 16th- and 17th-century antiquarian. For the 18th-century merchant, see William Camden (merchant).
William Camden
William Camden
Born
2 May 1551 London, England
Died
9 November 1623(1623-11-09) (aged 72) Chislehurst, England
Occupation
Antiquarian, historian, topographer
William Camden (2 May 1551 – 9 November 1623) was an English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and herald, best known as author of Britannia, the first chorographical survey of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Annales, the first detailed historical account of the reign of Elizabeth I of England.
WilliamCamden (2 May 1551 – 9 November 1623) was an English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and herald, best known as author of Britannia, the first...
Camden Town (/ˈkæmdən/ ), often shortened to Camden, is an area in the London Borough of Camden, around 2.5 miles (4.1 km) north-northwest of Charing...
WilliamCamden Edwards (1777 – 22 August 1855) was a Welsh engraver. Edwards was born in Monmouthshire in 1777. Early in the nineteenth century he went...
historian WilliamCamden. In 1897 it merged with the Royal Historical Society, which continues to publish texts in what are now known as the Camden Series...
played there. Camden Place (now Chislehurst Golf Club, 51° 24′ 40.05″N 0° 3′ 55.69″E ) takes its name from the antiquary WilliamCamden, who lived in...
The Camden Professorship of Ancient History at the University of Oxford was established in 1622 by English antiquary and historian WilliamCamden, Clarenceux...
and a number of prominent antiquaries (including Robert Glover, WilliamCamden, William Dugdale and Elias Ashmole) held office as professional heralds...
The London Borough of Camden (/ˈkæmdən/) is a London borough in Inner London, England. Camden Town Hall, on Euston Road, lies 1.4 mi (2.3 km) north of...
a mere SS. The rules were not completely fixed in the 17th century. WilliamCamden in his Remains commented, singling out some letters—Æ, K, W, and Z—not...
Camden Military Academy (CMA) is a private, all-male, military boarding school located in Camden, South Carolina, United States. The State of South Carolina...
century, the green children seem to surface only in a passing mention in WilliamCamden's Britannia in 1586, and in two works from the early 17th century, Robert...
This criticism of Elizabeth was noted by Elizabeth's early biographers WilliamCamden and John Clapham. For a detailed account of such criticisms and of Elizabeth's...
'valley' usually prefixed by the name of the possessor.[citation needed] WilliamCamden, in his 1607 edition of Britannia, described Devon as being one part...
under the authority of WilliamCamden, Clarenceux King of Arms, by his deputy, Nicholas Charles, Lancaster Herald, A.D. 1613. Camden Society, 1st ser. Vol...
either date. An independent contemporary source supports the 1507 date: WilliamCamden wrote a history of the reign of Elizabeth I and was granted access to...
to have transformed to stone after failing her test, as reported by WilliamCamden in a rhyming account in 1610. The first known edition of her prophecies...
Oriole Park at Camden Yards, commonly known as Camden Yards, is a baseball stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the ballpark of Major League Baseball's...
Camden Square is a rectangular town square in the London Borough of Camden running parallel to Camden Road north of central Camden. It has a playground...
known: it was probably constructed in 1294 or 1295. It was recorded by WilliamCamden in 1607; and still stands in the centre of the village, the best-preserved...
modern and medieval Christendom. In Elizabethan England, as suggested by WilliamCamden, the term Christian name was not necessarily related to baptism, used...
The Battle of Camden (August 16, 1780), also known as the Battle of Camden Court House, was a major victory for the British in the Southern theater of...
Marquess Camden is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1812 for the politician John Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden. The Pratt family...
Industrial Revolution". The phrase has been in use since at least 1610, when WilliamCamden wrote in his Britain, or a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing...
into the 19th century. Meanwhile, antiquarians such as WilliamCamden, John Aubrey and William Stukeley had begun to take an interest in the monuments...
was probably WilliamCamden's Britannia (first edition 1586), which described itself on its title page as a Chorographica descriptio. William Harrison in...
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