Alfred Elwes

Writer, Author

1819 – 1888

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Who was Alfred Elwes?

Alfred Elwes was a nineteenth-century British author of children's literature, academic, philologist, and occasional translator of French, Italian and Portuguese literature into English. He is perhaps best remembered for his translation of the medieval Arthurian romance Jaufry the Knight and the Fair Brunissende; a Tale of the Times of King Arthur.

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Born
1819
Woolwich
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • Leiden University
Died
Dec 7, 1888
Kensington

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on July 23, 2013

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