Rachel Bromwich

Rachel Bromwich

Rachel Bromwich (born 1915) is a British scholar. Her focus is on medieval Welsh literature, which she taught at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff. She was Emeritus Reader in Celtic Languages and Literature at the University of Cambridge. Among her most important contributions to the study of Welsh literature was the "Trioedd Ynys Prydein", the modern edition of the Welsh Triads. Originally published in 1963, a new edition was printed in 2005.

Bromich was born Rachel Amos in Hove, England, in 1915. Her father, Maurice Amos, was an English legal expert who served as international law adviser to the Egyptian government; her mother was Scottish and strongly associated with the Quakers. The family moved frequently before settling in Cumbria in 1925. In 1934 Rachel Amos attended Newnham College, Cambridge, where she studied the Anglo-Saxon language before shifting departments to focus on Middle Welsh. In 1938 she moved to the University College of Wales, Bangor and studied under Ifor Williams. Amos took a great interest in Medieval Welsh literature, and particularly, the Arthurian legend; it was Williams' suggestion that she edit the Welsh Triads. In 1939 she married John Bromwich; they had one son, Brian.

References

*Morgan, Gerald (2005) "A Scholar of Early Britain: Rachel Bromwich (1915–)". In Chance, Jane, "Women Medievalists and the Academy" pp. 769–781. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN-10: 0299207501.


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