LAURENCE ECHARD
\lˈɒɹəns ˈɛt͡ʃəd], \lˈɒɹəns ˈɛtʃəd], \l_ˈɒ_ɹ_ə_n_s ˈɛ_tʃ_ə_d]\
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An English historian; born at Barsham, Suffolk, 1670 (?); died at Lincoln, Aug. 16, 1730. A clergyman and a scholar, his "History of England from the First Entrance of Julius Caesar and the Romans to the End of the Reign of James the First" (1707) contains a wealth of information, including the particulars of Cromwell's interview with the Devil on the morning of the battle of Worcester. Other historical and scholarly works increased his reputation.
By Charles Dudley Warner
