John Edward Lloyd
Sir
John Edward Lloyd (who wrote as
J E Lloyd) (
1861-
1947) was
Wales' greatest
historian, the author of the first serious history of the country's formative years,
A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest (
1911). Another of his great works was
Owen Glendower (
1931). For his achievements in the field, he was knighted in
1934. Under his editorship, the first edition of the
Dictionary of Welsh Biography was compiled, though not published until after his death (
1950).