Victor Erle Nash-Williams

Victor Erle Nash-Williams

Victor Erle Nash-Williams
Born	1897
Died	1955
Residence	National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Occupation	museum work archaeologist
Society Membership membership ordinary fellow left 1927 last listed elected_AI 1927.03.22

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House Notes

1927.02.22 proposed by H.J.E. Peake, seconded by E.N. Fallaize

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Victor Erle Nash-Williams (21 August 1897 – 15 December 1955) was a noted Welsh archaeologist.

On the death of his father, Albert Henry Williams, his mother, Maude Rosetta (née Nash) Williams, formally adopted the surname "Nash-Williams".[1] Educated at the Lewis School, Pengam, and at the University College in Cardiff, Victor Erle Nash-Williams was appointed Keeper at the National Museum of Wales in succession to Cyril Fox.[1] His work involved the excavation of a Roman villa at Llantwit Major, catalogues of the inscribed and sculptured stones at Caerleon and at Caerwent, a book on Roman Wales, The Roman Frontier in Wales (1954) and his magnum opus, The Early Christian Monuments of Wales (Cardiff, 1950). He was editor of Archaeologia Cambrensis from 1950 to 1955.

His brother, Alvah Harry Nash-Williams, was a well-known author of school Latin textbooks, and his son, Crispin St. John Alvah Nash-Williams, a prominent mathematician.

A monument to his efforts can be seen at the Roman Legionary Museum in Caerleon.

Publications

External Publications

The Roman Frontier in Wales

Early Christian Monuments of Wales

The Roman Legionary Fortress at Caerleon, Monmouthshire

The Medieval Settlement At Llantwit Major Glamorgan

Two Early Christian Stones from Tregaron, Cardiganshire.

Roman Africa: a background sketch to the Roman occupation of Wales

Catalogue of the Roman inscribed and scuptured stones found at Caerleon, Monmouthshire / by V. E. Williams and A. H. Nash-Williams

A Hundred Years of Welsh Archaeology: Centenary Volume, 1846-1946

The Roman Villa at Llantwit Major Glamorgan1953