James Howell

Writer

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Gender	Male
Born	United Kingdom
Died	London
	United Kingdom
	1666
	London
	United Kingdom
Books	Epistolae Ho-Elianae
	Instructions for forreine travell
Siblings	Thomas Howell
Job	Historian
Date of birth	January 1,1594
Education	Jesus College
Date of Reg.	2019-02-22 20:50:29
Date of Upd.	2023-07-15 21:52:03
ID	454627

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James Howell Life story

James Howell was a Welsh writer and historian. The son of a Welsh clergyman, he was for much of his life in the shadow of his elder brother Thomas Howell, who became Lord Bishop of Bristol.

Enoch Salisbury: The man who collected 18,000 Wales books

Feb 16,2020 7:55 am

... When Salisbury s fanatic acquisitions led him to financial ruin in 1886, just four years before his death, the collection was saved by a group of Cardiff scholars and businessmen, including department store magnate James Howell...