A report on Antiquarian
Aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past.
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English county histories
7 linksEnglish county histories, in other words historical and topographical (or "chorographical") works concerned with individual ancient counties of England, were produced by antiquarians from the late 16th century onwards.
Archaeology
5 linksScientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.
Scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.
Archaeology developed out of antiquarianism in Europe during the 19th century, and has since become a discipline practiced around the world.
William Camden
5 linksWilliam Camden (2 May 1551 – 9 November 1623) was an English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and herald, best known as author of Britannia, the first chorographical survey of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Annales, the first detailed historical account of the reign of Elizabeth I of England.
John Stow
5 linksJohn Stow (also Stowe; 1524/25 – 5 April 1605) was an English historian and antiquarian.
Chorography
4 linksArt of describing or mapping a region or district, and by extension such a description or map.
Art of describing or mapping a region or district, and by extension such a description or map.
Camden's Britannia was predominantly concerned with the history and antiquities of Britain, and, probably as a result, the term chorography in English came to be particularly associated with antiquarian texts.
Proposals for an English Academy
4 linksEnglish Academy: some form of learned institution, conceived as having royal backing and a leading role in the intellectual life of the nation.
English Academy: some form of learned institution, conceived as having royal backing and a leading role in the intellectual life of the nation.
The College (or Society) of Antiquaries met from around 1586 to around 1607.
John Leland (antiquary)
4 linksJohn Leland or Leyland (13 September, c. 1503 – 18 April 1552) was an English poet and antiquary.
Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington
3 linksSir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet (22 January 1570/1 – 6 May 1631) of Conington Hall in the parish of Conington in Huntingdonshire, England, was a Member of Parliament and an antiquarian who founded the Cotton library.
John Aubrey
3 linksJohn Aubrey (12 March 1626 – 7 June 1697) was an English antiquary, natural philosopher and writer.
Elias Ashmole
2 linksElias Ashmole (23 May 1617 – 18 May 1692) was an English antiquary, politician, officer of arms, astrologer and student of alchemy.