Alexander Charles Ewald

Alexander Charles Ewald (* 1842 in Jerusalem , Ottoman Empire , † June 20, 1891 in London , Great Britain ) was an English administrator and historian.

Live and act

Ewald was the son of Christian Ferdinand Ewald (1802–1874) and came from German immigrants. His father converted along with his family from the Jewish to the Christian faith and then worked for the London Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Jews .

Ewald was born in Jerusalem on one of his parents' mission trips. He received most of his schooling from his father and did not return to Great Britain until 1860. He settled in London and in 1861 got a job with the Public Record Office . He worked there throughout his life and was retired in 1890 as a senior civil servant.

Alexander Charles Ewald died at the age of fifty in his apartment in Upper Norwood ( London Borough of Croydon ) and found his final resting place there.

Fonts (selection)

Biographies

• Life and times of Algernon Sydney . London 1873 (2 vol.)
• Life and times of Prince Charles Stuart , Count of Albany . London 1875/83 (2 vol.)
• Sir Robert Walpole . A political biography . London 1877.
• The Rt. Hon. Benjamin Disraeli and hist times . London 1883 (2 vol.).
• The life of Sir Joseph Napier . London 1887.

Non-fiction

• A reference book of English History . London 1866/67 (2 vol.)
• Our Constitution . An epitome of our chief laws and system of government . London 1867.
• Our public records. A brief handbook to " the national archives " . London 1873.
• Leaders of the senate. A biographical history of the rise and development of the British Constitution . London 1884/85 (2 vol.)
• The last century of universal history. 1767-1867 . London 1868.

literature

• Alexander Charles Ewald . In: Sidney Lee (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography / Supplement; Vol. 2 . London 1901.