Alexander Charles Ewald


Alexander Charles Ewald was an English civil servant, known as a historical writer.

Life

He was born at Jerusalem, the son of Christian Ferdinand Ewald, who from a Jewish family became a Christian convert working for the London Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Jews. He was educated abroad and was appointed to a clerkship in the Public Record Office in 1861, rising to be senior clerk by 1890. He died at 31 Victoria Road, Upper Norwood, on 20 June 1891.

Works

While at the Public Record Office, Ewald was mainly responsible for the completion of the work begun by Thomas Duffus Hardy in 1835: a full calendar and précis of the Norman Rolls-Henry V. It was printed in vols. xli. and xlii. of the Deputy-keeper's Reports, and supplemented by a glossary prepared by Ewald. He also wrote less technical historical works, including: