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Bangor University (UK) commemorates medieval historian J. E. Lloyd

A historian who changed the face of modern Welsh history is to be commemorated with a biennial Public Lecture in his name at Bangor University. The inaugural J. E. Lloyd Lecture will discuss J.E. Lloyd’s own reinterpretation of Welsh history. The Lecture takes place at 6.15 on Friday 22 October at Bangor University’s Main Arts Lecture Theatre and is open to all.

John Edward Lloyd (1861–1947) played a major part in the early history of the University College of North Wales, Bangor, both as Registrar (1892–1920) and Professor of History (1899–1930)....
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