Henry Richards Luard

Henry Richards Luard (August 25, 1825 - May 1, 1891) was a British medieval historian and antiquarian. Luard was born on August 25, 1825 in London, the son of Henry Luard. He received his early education at Cheam School, Surrey. He graduated from Trinity College in Cambridge in 1847; and in 1849 was elected to a scholarship. He entered the holy orders and served as vicar of the Church of St. Mary the Great in Cambridge from 1860 to 1887. Luard was a member of Trinity College Cambridge and King's College London; and was a registrar at Cambridge University, and worked on cataloging manuscripts at the University of Cambridge library. He edited 17 volumes of medieval chronicles and other texts for the Rolls series and was an early scientific editor of Isaac Newton. In 1862, Luard married Louise Caltorpe, the youngest daughter of George Hodson, Archdeacon Stafford. She died before his death in 1889. Luard died on May 1, 1891 in Cambridge. Luard and his wife are buried in the parish of the Ascension Cemetery in Cambridge.