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Rachel Bromwich

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British scholar (1915–2010)

Rachel Bromwich
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Born
Rachel Sheldon Amos

(1915-07-30)30 July 1915
Hove, Sussex, England, UK
Died15 December 2010(2010-12-15) (aged 95)
Aberystwyth, Wales, UK
ParentMaurice Amos
RelativesThomas John I'Anson Bromwich (father-in-law)
Academic work
Notable worksTrioedd Ynys Prydein

Rachel Bromwich (30 July 1915 – 15 December 2010), bornRachel Sheldon Amos, was a British scholar. Her focus was onmedieval Welsh literature, and she taught Celtic Languages and Literature in theDepartment of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at theUniversity of Cambridge, from 1945 to 1976.[1] Among her most important contributions to the study of Welsh literature isTrioedd Ynys Prydein, her edition of theWelsh Triads.

Early life and education

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Bromwich was bornRachel Sheldon Amos inHove, Sussex (some obituaries saidBrighton),[2] in 1915, and spent her early childhood inEgypt.[3] Her father,Maurice Amos, was an English legal expert who served as international law adviser to the Egyptian government; her mother, Lucy Scott-Moncrieff Amos, wasScottish. The Amos family wereQuakers. The family moved frequently before settling inCumbria in 1925.[4]

In 1934 Rachel Amos attendedNewnham College, Cambridge, where she studied theAnglo-Saxon language before shifting departments to focus onMiddle Welsh. In 1938 she moved to theUniversity College of Wales, Bangor and studied underIfor Williams. Amos took a great interest in Medieval Welsh literature, and particularly theArthurian legend; it was Williams' suggestion that she edit the Welsh Triads. She also studiedOld Irish atQueen's University, Belfast, duringWorld War II.[4]

Career

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Bromwich taught Old Welsh and Old Irish at Cambridge, beginning in 1945. She was named University Reader in Celtic Languages and Literatures in 1973. She retired from teaching in 1976 and was succeeded byPatrick Sims-Williams.[5] In 1985, she was awarded the degree of D.Litt. by theUniversity of Wales for her services to Welsh scholarship.[4]

In 1961 Bromwich publishedTrioedd Ynys Prydein, her influential edition of theWelsh Triads. A third, revised edition was published in 2006.[6] This is considered "a central work of the scholarship on medieval Welsh literature", according to her Cambridge obituary.[2] Her other major contribution to Welsh scholarship was her series of books and articles onDafydd ap Gwilym, the outstanding Welsh poet of the period, mostly summarised inAspects of the Poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym (Cardiff, 1985). With D. Simon Evans she produced editions of the major medieval Welsh taleCulhwch and Olwen in both Welsh (1988) and English (1992).[7]

She served in leadership positions with theHonourable Society of Cymmrodorion, theInternational Arthurian Society, and theIrish Texts Society.[3]

Selected publications

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  • The Continuity of the Gaelic Tradition in Eighteenth-century Ireland (1948)[8]
  • Some Remarks on the Celtic Sources of "Tristan" (1955)[9]
  • Matthew Arnold and Celtic literature: a retrospect, 1865-1965 (1965)[10]
  • 'Trioedd Ynys Prydain' in Welsh Literature and Scholarship (1969)[11]
  • Tradition and Innovation in the Poetry of Dafydd Ap Gwilym (1972)[12]
  • Medieval Celtic Literature: A Select Bibliography (1974)[13]
  • Dafydd ap Gwilym (1974)[14]
  • Aspects of the Poetry of Dafydd Ap Gwilym: Collected Papers (1986)[15]
  • Culhwch ac Olwen: testun Syr Idris Foster wedi ei olygu a'i orffen (1988)[7]

Personal life

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In 1939 Rachel Amos married archaeologist and historian John Bromwich (1915–1990),[16] the son of mathematicianThomas John I'Anson Bromwich; they had one son, Brian.[3][17] Rachel Bromwich died in 2010, aged 95 years, inAberystwyth.[4]

References

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  1. ^Morgan, Gerald (2005) "A Scholar of Early Britain: Rachel Bromwich (1915– )". In Chance, Jane,Women Medievalists and the Academy pp. 769–781. University of Wisconsin Press.ISBN 0-299-20750-1.
  2. ^ab"Dr Rachel Bromwich (1915 – 2010)".Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge. 10 January 2011. Retrieved28 May 2020.
  3. ^abcOwen, Morfydd E."BROMWICH, RACHEL SHELDON (1915-2010), scholar".Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved28 May 2020.
  4. ^abcdStephens, Meic (14 January 2011)."Rachel Bromwich: Celtic scholar celebrated for her masterly dictionary of Welsh and British legend".The Independent. Retrieved19 May 2014.
  5. ^Michael Lapidge, 'Introduction', inH. M. Chadwick and the Study of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic in Cambridge, ed. by Michael Lapidge,Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies, 69/70 (2015)ISBN 9780955718298, pp. 1-58 (p. 35).
  6. ^"Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Triads of the Island of Britain. Third edition. Ed. and trans. Rachel Bromwich. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2006. cxvi + 559 pp. £65. ISBN 0–7083–1368–8".Forum for Modern Language Studies.43 (3):326–327. 1 January 2007.doi:10.1093/fmls/cqm045.ISSN 0015-8518.
  7. ^abBromwich, Rachel (1988).Culhwch ac Olwen: testun Syr Idris Foster wedi ei olygu a'i orffen (in Welsh). Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru.
  8. ^Bromwich, Rachel (1948).The Continuity of the Gaelic Tradition in Eighteenth-century Ireland. Society.
  9. ^Bromwich, Rachel (1955).Some Remarks on the Celtic Sources of "Tristan". Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion.
  10. ^Bromwich, Rachel (1965).Matthew Arnold and Celtic literature: a retrospect, 1865-1965. Clarendon Press.
  11. ^Bromwich, Rachel (1969).'Trioedd Ynys Prydain' in Welsh Literature and Scholarship. University of Wales P.ISBN 9780900768248.
  12. ^Bromwich, Rachel (1972).Tradition and Innovation in the Poetry of Dafydd Ap Gwilym. University of Wales Press.ISBN 978-0-7083-0168-5.
  13. ^Bromwich, Rachel (15 December 1974).Medieval Celtic Literature: A Select Bibliography. University of Toronto Press.ISBN 978-1-4426-5092-3.
  14. ^Bromwich, Rachel (1974).Dafydd Ap Gwilym. University of Wales Press [for] the Welsh Arts Council.ISBN 978-0-7083-0572-0.
  15. ^Bromwich, Rachel (1986).Aspects of the Poetry of Dafydd Ap Gwilym: Collected Papers. University of Wales Press.ISBN 978-0-7083-0905-6.
  16. ^"Papers of John I'Anson Bromwich".St John's College Library, via Archives Hub. Retrieved28 May 2020.
  17. ^"Brian Bromwich 2006-07".Cambridge Centre for Sustainable Development. 15 August 2011. Retrieved28 May 2020.

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