John Leland

John Leland

male, deceased (1552)
historian, tudor, From London, English, English local history, antiquary
John Leland (September 13 1506 - April 18 1552) was an English antiquary. He has been described as 'the father of English local history'; his...
John Aubrey

John Aubrey

male, deceased (1697)
Republican, Fellow of the Royal Society, Archaeologist, Biographer, Essayist, malmesbury…antiquary
John Aubrey (March 12, 1626-June 7, 1697) was an English antiquary and writer, best known as the author of the collection of short biographical...
Anthony Wood

Anthony Wood

male, deceased (1695)
trinity college, bodleian library, christ church, English Civil War, violin, merton college…antiquary
Anthony Wood or Anthony à Wood was an English antiquary. He was the fourth son of Thomas Wood (1580-1643), B.C.L. of Oxford, where Anthony was b...
Elias Ashmole

Elias Ashmole

male, deceased (1692)
from Bradfield, Berkshire, from Windsor, Berkshire, restoration, Occult writer, Alchemist, charles ii…antiquary
Elias Ashmole (23 May 1617-18 May 1692), the celebrated English antiquary, was a politician, officer of arms, student of astrology and alchemy, and...
George Vertue

George Vertue

male, deceased (1756)
horace walpole, engraver, antiquary, antiquarian, from WestmInster, English
George Vertue was an English engraver and antiquary, whose notebooks on British art of the first half of the 18th century are a valuable source for...
Thomas Phillipps

Thomas Phillipps

male, deceased (1872)
Oxford University, rugby school, French Revolution, book collector, manuscript, Book and manuscript collector…antiquary
Sir Thomas Phillipps, Baronet was an English antiquary and book collector who amassed the largest collection of manuscript material in the 19th...

Francis Grose

male, deceased (1791)
Swiss, Lexicographer, antiquary, English, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons
Francis Grose, antiquary and lexicographer, of Swiss extraction, was Richmond Herald 1755–63. He published "Antiquities of England and Wales" (1...

Dawson Turner

male, deceased (1858)
buried at Brompton Cemetery, banker, yarmouth, Botanist, Robert Forby, turner…antiquary
Dawson Turner (18 October 1775 - 21 June 1858) was an English banker, botanist and antiquary.

John Britton

male, deceased (1857)
Grade II* listed buildings in London, buried at West Norwood Cemetery, topography, cathedral, antiquary, wiltshire
John Britton (1771-1857) was an English antiquary, born on 7 July 1771 at Kington St. Michael, near Chippenham. His parents were in humble...
John Selden

John Selden

male, deceased (1654)
Christian Hebraist, University of Oxford, Salvington, Orientalist, tower of london, jurist…antiquary
John Selden (December 16, 1584 - November 30, 1654) was an English jurist, legal antiquary and oriental scholar. He was known as a polymath of...