Antiquary
21John Adamson (antiquary) — John Adamson (1787 1855) was an antiquary and Portuguese scholar from Newcastle upon Tyne.His early education was at Newcastle Royal Grammar School. In 1807 Adamson went to live with his brother in Lisbon, Portugal. He was a member of the Royal… …
22Charles Clarke (antiquary) — Charles Clarke (died 1840) was an English antiquary. Life Clarke was appointed a clerk in the ordnance office at Chatham in 1783. Seven years later he was transferred to Gravesend, and in 1800 to Guernsey, where he remained until his retirement… …
23Charles Fairfax (antiquary) — Charles Fairfax (1597–1673) was an English antiquary and genealogist. Contents 1 Early life 2 Civil war 3 Death and family 4 Written work and collections …
24David Laing (Scottish antiquary) — David Laing (April 20, 1793 ndash; October 18, 1878) was a Scottish antiquary.The son of William Laing, a bookseller in Edinburgh, where he was born, he was educated at the Canongate Grammar School. At fourteen he was apprenticed to his father.… …
25Richard Carew (antiquary) — Richard Carew (1555 ndash;1620) was a Cornish translator and antiquary.A county gentleman of Cornwall, he was educated at Christ Church, Oxford where he was a contemporary of Sir Philip Sydney and William Camden, and then at the Middle Temple. He …
26Robert Jamieson (antiquary) — Robert Jamieson (c. 1780 24 September 1844) was a Scottish antiquary.He was born in Morayshire. In 1806 he published a collection of 149 traditional ballads and songs, along with two pleasing lyrics of his own, entitled Popular Ballads And Songs… …
27Owen Jones (antiquary) — Owen Jones (3 September 1741 – 26 September 1814) was a Welsh antiquary. He was born on the Llanfihangel Glyn y Myfyr in Denbighshire. In 1760 he entered the service of a London firm of furriers, to whose business he ultimately succeeded. He had… …
28Simon Digby (antiquary) — Simon Digby was an English antiquary and Constable of Coleshill, in Warwickshire in the 15th century.Simon de Montford was executed in 1495 for contributing to the fund of Perkin Warbeck, who was plotting to oust King Henry VII from the throne.… …
29George Allan (antiquary) — George Allan (1736 ndash;21 July 1828), English antiquary and attorney at Darlington, was the author of several works relating to the history and antiquities of the county of Durham; he greatly aided W. Hutchinson in his History and Antiquities… …
30John Britton (antiquary) — John Britton (1771 1857) was an English antiquary, born on 7 July 1771 at Kington St. Michael, near Chippenham. His parents were in humble circumstances, and he was left an orphan at an early age. At sixteen he went to London and was apprenticed… …
