Antiquary
51GROTEFEND, GEORG FRIEDRICH — antiquary and philologist, born at Minden, Hanover; was director of the Lyceum, Hanover; was the first to decipher the cuneiform inscriptions, a discovery which he gave to the world in 1802 (1775 1853) …
52MAIDMENT, JAMES — antiquary and collector, born in London; passed through Edinburgh University to the Scotch bar, and was chief authority on genealogical cases; his hobby was the collection of literary rarities, and he published editions of ancient literary… …
53PLANCHÉ, JAMES ROBINSON — antiquary and dramatist, born in London, of French descent; author of a number of burlesques; an authority on heraldry and costumes; he produced over 200 pieces for the stage, and held office in the Heralds Court (1796 1880) …
54ROBERTSON, JOSEPH — antiquary, born and educated at Aberdeen; apprenticed to a lawyer, but soon took to journalism, and became editor of the Aberdeen Constitutional, and afterwards of the Glasgow Constitutional; in 1849 was editor of the Edinburgh Evening Courant …
55SLADE, FELIX — antiquary and art collector; left his art collection to the British Museum, and money to found Slade professorships of art at Oxford, Cambridge, and London Universities (1789 1868) …
56STRUTT, JOSEPH — antiquary, born in Essex; wrote the Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England, followed by other works on the manners and customs of the English people, that on their Sports and Pastimes the chief (1742 1802) …
57STUKELEY, WILLIAM — antiquary, born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire; graduated in medicine at Cambridge, and practised in London and elsewhere till 1729, when he took holy orders, and, after holding livings at Stamford and Somerby, was presented in 1747 to the rectory… …
58WOOD, ANTHONY — antiquary, born at Oxford, and educated at Merton College, Oxford; was a gentleman of independent means; wrote History and Antiquities of Oxford University, which appeared in 1674, and Athenæ Oxonienses, which appeared in 1691, being an exact… …
59WRIGHT, THOMAS — antiquary, born in Shropshire, but settled in London; wrote or edited a vast number of works bearing on the antiquities, literary and other, of England, and was connected with the founding of sundry antiquarian societies (1810 1877) …
60M. R. James — Montague Rhodes James M. R. James c.1900 Born 1 August 1862(1862 08 01) Died 12 June 1936(1936 06 12) (aged 73) …
