Author:John Allen Giles

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John Allen Giles
(1808–1884)

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British clergyman, translator and Head Master of the City of London School (1836-40); wrote on ecclesiastical, antiquarian and educational subjects. Father of sinologist Herbert Allen Giles.

Works[edit]

Life and Letters of Thomas à Becket (1845), in 2 vols.
The History of Bampton (1847–8), in 2 vols.
History of the Ancient Britons (1847), in 2 vols.
Life and Times of Alfred the Great (1848)
Six Old English Chronicles (1848)
Hebrew Records on the age and authenticity of the books of the Old Testament (1850)
The History of Witney and some neighbouring Parishes (1852)
Christian Records on the Age, Authorship, and Authenticity of the Books of the New Testament (1854)
First Lessons on Various Subjects
Keys to the Classics
Patres Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ, in thirty-four volumes.

Editor[edit]

Anecdota Bædæ et aliorum
Benedictus Abbas
de Vita S. Thomæ
Chronicon Angliae Petriburgense
La révolte du Conte de Warwick
Vitæ quorundam Anglo-Saxonum
Scriptores rerum gestarum Willelmi Conquestoris

Translator[edit]

Matthew Paris (1847)
History of the Britons, attributed to Nennius
History of the Kings of Britain (1842), by Geoffrey of Monmouth (1136)
Lives of the holy abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow by Bede (8th century)
Chronicles of the Crusades (1908), portion by Richard of Devizes (transcription project)
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (1914)
Flowers of History by Roger of Wendover

Works about Giles[edit]

"Giles, John Allen," in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster, London: Parker and Co. (1888–1892) in 4 vols.
"Giles, John Allen," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.

Mentions[edit]

List of Carthusians, 1800–1879

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1928, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.