William Stukeley, an eighteenth-century antiquary

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[Stuart Piggott]. Dr William Stukeley () was the most renowned English antiquary of the eighteenth century. This study discusses his life and achievements, placing him firmly within his intellectual milieu, which he shared with his illustrious friend Isaac Newton and with other natural philosophers, theologians and historians.

Stukeley's greatest memorial was his work on the stone circles of Stonehenge. Revised and enlarged edition. Standard biography and the only full-scale treatment of Stukeley ever attempted. Traces his life from pioneer of scientific field research through being the founding father of.

An account of Richard of Cirencester, monk of Westminster, and of his works: with his antient map of Roman Brittain. read at the Antiquarian Society, Ma By William Stukeley. by Stukeley, William and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at Buy William Stukeley: An Eighteenth-century Antiquary Revised edition by Piggott, Stuart (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store.

Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.5/5(1). ‘The list of finds I have made reads like the contents of an antiquary's cabinet - some archaeological, some geological, some merely curious, all with tales to tell.’ ‘He had been prompted to do so by the existence of at least one ditch around the hill top, which had been recognised some years earlier by the antiquary William Stukeley.’.

William Stukeley: Science, Religion and Archaeology in Eighteenth-Century England. [REVIEW] Geoffrey Cantor - - British Journal for the History of Science 37 (2) Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century Comprizing Biographical Memoirs of William Boywer, Printer, F.S.A.

Stonehenge continues to capture the imagination. The cover story of the January/February issue of Archaeology notes that no fewer t celebrants coAuthor: Stephen D. Snobelen. Abury, a temple of the British Druids, with some others, described: wherein is a more particular account of the first and patriarchal religion, and of the peopling of the British Islands / by William Stukeley Stukeley, William, [ Book, Microform: ] View online (access conditions).

(William Stukeley: an Eighteenth Century Antiquary, Stuart Piggott,jacket liner) But it is now quite clear that Stukeley’s fascination with Druidism and the esoteric did not just develop later in life, but was well established even before his first visit to Size: KB. The evocative image above is one of the many beautifully detailed drawings of Stonehenge made by William Stukeley, born on this day (7th November) in Stukeley was an antiquary, natural philosopher and arguably "Father of British Archaeology", and this illustration appears in his seminal and iconic work “Stonehenge.

A Temple Restor'd to the British Druids”, published in Stuart Piggott in his revised edition of his biography, William Stukeley: An Eighteenth-Century Antiquary, has provided a good account of the life, but in many respects he misinterpreted or underestimated the intellectual background and progression of Stukeley's antiquarian studies.

Stukeley's intellectual biography is complicated by. Dr William Stukeley () was the most renowned English antiquary of the eighteenth century. This study discusses his life and achievements, placing him firmly within his intellectual milieu, which he shared with his illustrious friend Isaac Newton and with other natural philosophers, theologians and Price: $   40 Perhaps the Mr Bryan mentioned in a letter of Stukeley to Samuel Gale: Lukis, op.

cit. (note 8), He cannot be traced in a Scottish context. However, there is a reference to the effect that ‘Mr Bryan shewd the Society of Antiquaries in two drawings of the whole coast of Scotland, upon the Firth of Forth as high as Stirling, and of the Cluyd to Glasgow, and of the Solway Firth Author: Iain Gordon Brown.

Dr. Stukeley, the well-known antiquary, adds in his common-place book to his note of the death of 'my old friend William Becket, surgeon,' that his papers were bought 'by the infamous Curl,' and purchased of Curll for thirty guineas by Dr.

Milward (Stukeley 's Memoirs, ed. Lukis (Surtees Soc.), i. 97). His works are: 1. Dr William Stukeley () was the most renowned English antiquary of the eighteenth century.

This study discusses his life and achievements, placing him firmly within his intellectual milieu, which he shared with his illustrious friend Isaac Newton and with other natural philosophers, theologians and historians.

Stukeley's greatest memorial was his work on the stone. Stukeley Illustrated: William Stukeley's Rediscovery of Britain's Ancient Sites. Green Magic. ISBN Piggot, Stuart (). William Stukeley: An Eighteenth-Century Antiquary. New York: Thames and Hudson. ISBN Stukeley, William; Gale, Roger; Gale, Samuel ().

The Family Memoirs of the Rev. William Stukeley, M.D. 3.死没: 年3月3日（77歳）. BornHolbeach, Lincolnshire, England, circa DiedLondon, England, 3 March Physician William Stukeley made studies of Stonehenge and thus foreshadowed the development of archaeoastronomy.

Stukeley, the eldest son in a family of four boys and a girl, was a man of wide interests, and was one of the first antiquaries to value ancient monuments and to show concern about .Born Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England, circa Died London, England, 3 March Physician William Stukeley made studies of Stonehenge and thus foreshadowed the development of archaeoastronomy.

Stukeley, the eldest son in a family of four boys and a girl, was a man of wide interests, and was one of the first antiquaries to value ancient monuments and to show concern about. The book brings together over black and white engravings from one of the eighteenth century's most remarkable antiquarians, William Stukeley.

Stukeley was the first man to study in detail the grand prehistoric sites of the Britain in his three brilliant books/5(3).