John Allen Giles
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John Allen Giles (1808-1884) was an English historian. He was primarily known as a scholar of Anglo-Saxon language and history. He revised Stevens' translation of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People. He was a fellow at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
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![Monumental brass in Dunsford Church, Devon, erected by Anna Isabella Giles to her husband Col. Baldwin Fulford (1801-1871), displaying the arms of Giles: Azure, a cross between four cups uncovered or on a chief argent three pelicans vulning themselves proper[12]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/BaldwinFulford_%281801-1871%29_Brass_DunsfordChurch_Devon.JPG/1280px-BaldwinFulford_%281801-1871%29_Brass_DunsfordChurch_Devon.JPG)
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United KingdomCategory
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deceased
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Lived 1808 to 1884 · aged 75
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