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  • 41Jonathan Williams (antiquary) — Jonathan Williams (c. 1752 ndash; August 19 1829), was a Welsh clergyman, schoolmaster and antiquarian writer.He was born at Rhayader, some time between 1752 and 1754, the son of a draper, and had two brothers who also went into the church. He… …

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  • 42John Lloyd (antiquary) — John Lloyd (baptised 26 March 1733 ndash; 22 May 1793) was a Welsh cleric and antiquarian.LifeLloyd was christened in Llanarmon yn Iâl, Denbighshire. As a boy, he was nicknamed the flower of Llanarmon . He was educated at Jesus College, Oxford,… …

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  • 43Edward Peacock (antiquary) — Edward Peacock (22 December 1831, Hemsworth Men of the time , 1875] – 31 March 1915 Obituary: Edward Peacock , Notes and Queries , Second series XI, 10 April 1915, 292] ) was an English antiquarian and novelist. BiographyEdward Peacock, the only… …

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  • 44Maurice Johnson (antiquary) — Portrait by George Vertue Maurice Johnson (1688–1755), of Spalding, was the founder of the The Gentlemen s Society (Spalding Gentlemen s Society). In 1717 he assisted in the re establishment of the Society of Antiquitaries (Society of Antiquaries …

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  • 45Antiquaries — Antiquary An ti*qua*ry, n.; pl. {Antiquaries}. One devoted to the study of ancient times through their relics, as inscriptions, monuments, remains of ancient habitations, statues, coins, manuscripts, etc.; one who searches for and studies the… …

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  • 46BIRCH, THOMAS —    antiquary, born in London; wrote a history of the Royal Society (1705 1765) …

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  • 47BORLASE, WILLIAM —    antiquary and naturalist, born in St. Just, Cornwall; author of Observations on the Antiquities of Cornwall and Natural History of Cornwall ; was vicar in his native parish (1696 1772) …

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  • 48BRAND, JOHN —    antiquary, born in Durham, wrote a Popular Antiquities (1744 1784) …

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  • 49D'EWES, SIR SIMONDS —    antiquary, born in Dorsetshire; bred for the bar; was a member of the Long Parliament; left notes on its transactions; took the Puritan side in the Civil War; his Journal of all the Parliaments of Elizabeth is of value; left an Autobiography… …

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  • 50DUGDALE, SIR WILLIAM —    antiquary, born in Warwickshire; was made Chester herald, accompanied Charles I. throughout the Civil War; his chief work was the Monasticum Anglicanum, which he executed conjointly with Roger Duckworth; wrote also on the antiquities of… …

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