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William Camden was born on the 2nd of May 1551 in London and died at Chislehurst on the 9th of November 1623. He was buried at Westminster Abbey where his monument remains visible in the south transept.
The first edition of William Camden's Britannia was written in Latin and published in 1586. This work became a sensation and ran through five further Latin editions by 1607 with significant expansions including English county maps.
William Camden wrote the Annales which depicted Queen Elizabeth as having a consistent policy of via media rather than unresolved conflicts. Enhanced imaging technology in 2023 revealed hidden passages showing Elizabeth named James VI of Scotland as her successor on her deathbed.
William Camden's Remaines of a Greater Worke is the only book he wrote in English and contains the first-ever alphabetical list of English proverbs. It serves as a vital resource for understanding the language and culture of the time and is often the earliest or sole usage cited for words in the Oxford English Dictionary.
William Camden founded an endowed lectureship in history at Oxford in 1622 which continues today as the Camden Professor of Ancient History. This lectureship is attached to Brasenose College since 1877 and has been limited to Roman history since 1910.