John Humffreys Parry (antiquary)
John Humffreys Parry (6 April 1786 – 12 February 1825) was a Welsh barrister and antiquarian.
Life
The son of the Rev. Edward Parry and Anne, his wife, he was born 6 April 1786; his father was at the time rector of
Inheriting some property on the death of his father, Parry was in 1807 admitted to the Temple, and in 1811 was
Works
When in 1823 an official edition of the old British historians was planned, the Welsh part of the work was given to Parry. In the same year he won prizes at the Carmarthen Eisteddfod for essays on The Navigation of the Britons and The Ancient Manners and Customs of the Britons (printed, with a third prize essay, at Carmarthen, 1825). In 1824 appeared The Cambrian Plutarch (London: some copies have a different title-page from 1834), a collection of short biographies of Welsh worthies. [1]
Family
Parry left a widow, daughter of John Thomas, a solicitor of Llanfyllin, and five children, the eldest being John Humffreys Parry the barrister. After Parry's violent death, a fund of over £1,000 was subscribed.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 43. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Parry, John Humffreys (1786-1825)". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 43. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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