Walter de Gray Birch

Walter de Gray Birch in 1900

For other people with the same name, see Walter Birch (disambiguation).

Walter de Gray Birch (1842–1924) was an English historian, editor and author. He is best known for his Cartularium Saxonicum — A Collection of Charters Relating to Anglo-Saxon History, which supersede John Mitchell Kemble's Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici.

History

Birch worked in the British Museum Department of Manuscripts between 1864 and 1902, transcribing and cataloguing Anglo-Saxon charters.

Bibliography

His large output includes:

• John Mitchell Kemble. Walter de Gray Birch (ed.). The Saxons in England: A History of the English Commonwealth till the Period of the Norman Conquest. Vol. (2 vols).
• Walter de Gray Birch (ed.). Cartularium Saxonicum: A Collection of Charters Relating to Anglo-Saxon History. Vol. (3 vols).
• Walter de Gray Birch (1902). A History of Neath Abbey.
• Walter de Gray Birch. History of the Scottish Seals. Vol. (2 vols).
• Walter de Gray Birch. Domesday Book: A popular account of the Exchequer Manuscript so called. Vol. (2 vols).