Alfred Elwes Writer

Alfred Elwes (1819–1888) was a nineteenth-century British author of children's literature, academic, philologist, and occasional translator of French, Italian and Portuguese literature into English. He is perhaps best remembered for his translation of the medieval Arthurian romance Jaufry the Knight and the Fair Brunissende; a Tale of the Times of King Arthur.

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Alfred Elwes
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1819
Birth place
England , Kent , Woolwich
Nationality
United Kingdom
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1888
Place of death
England , London , Kensington

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