Robert Vaughan 1591/2-1667

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Robert VAUGHAN 1591/2-1667

Biographical Note

Of Hengwrt, Merioneth; antiquary.

Books

Assembled a significant collection of early Welsh manuscripts, many of which are now in the National Library of Wales; his printed books were dispersed in the 19th century and earlier.

Sources

  • Evans, Mihail Dafydd. "Vaughan, Robert Powell (1591/2–1667), antiquary." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Huws, D. Robert Vaughan, in W. Baker (ed), Pre-19th century British book collectors, 1999, 365-72.
  • Lloyd, N. Meredith Lloyd, Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society, 11 (1975-6), 133-92.