Thomas Faulkner

An Historical and Topographical Description of Chelsea and Its Environs, Interspersed with Biographical Anecdotes of ... Eminent Persons Who Have Resided Thomas Faulkner

Publisher Marketing: Title: An historical and topographical description of Chelsea and its environs, interspersed with biographical anecdotes of ... eminent persons who have resided in Chelsea. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The GEOGRAPHY & TOPOGRAPHY collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. Offering some insights into the study and mapping of the natural world, this collection includes texts on Babylon, the geographies of China, and the medieval Islamic world. Also included are regional geographies and volumes on environmental determinism, topographical analyses of England, China, ancient Jerusalem, and significant tracts of North America. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Faulkner, Thomas; 1829. 2 vol.; 8 . 010349.pp.2. Contributor Bio:  Faulkner, Thomas Thomas was awarded his PhD from Cambridge University in 2010. Since then he has continued his research independently while starting a career as an opera singer, principally in the UK and in Germany. He has given papers in Cambridge, Heidelberg, Auxerre, Copenhagen and the Institute of Historical Research in London. He has lectured on late antique and early medieval law at Camridge University, and published his first article, "The Carolingian kings and the leges barbarorum" (Historical Research 86, 2013) Forthcoming publications include an edition of ordeal manuals found in Anglo-Saxon manuscripts for the Early English Laws project, and contributions to the Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity on legal texts, practices and concepts.