KILVERT
,
ROBERT FRANCIS
(
1840
-
1879
),
cleric and diarist
;
b.
3 Dec. 1840
at
Hardenhuish
, near
Chippenham
, where his father (
Robert
) was
parson
; graduated from
Wadham College
,
Oxford
, in
1862
(
M.A.
1866
). After serving as
curate
to his father, he became
curate
at
Clyro (Rads.)
in
1864
, remaining there till
1876
, when he became
vicar
of
S. Harmon's (Rads.)
. In
1877
, he was appointed
vicar
of
Bredwardine (Herefs.)
, where he d.
23 Sept. 1879
.
Kilvert
's fame rests upon the diary which he began in
Jan. 1870
and kept up till
March 1879
; parts of this (
June 1876-Dec. 1877
) have been lost, but considerable selections of the remainder, edited by
William
Plomer
, were published in 3 volumes in
1938-40
.
Kilvert
's observations on nature and on social life in the
Wye valley
are of the highest interest and value.
Author:
Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, C.B.E., D.Litt., Ll.D.,
F.S.A., (1881-1969), Bangor
