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Richard Butcher (antiquary)
Richard Butcher (1586 or 1587 – 1664) was an English antiquarian, antiquary. Life Butcher was a native of Stamford, Lincolnshire, and became town clerk of that borough. He compiled ''The Survey and Antiquitie of the Towne of Stamforde, in the county of Lincolne'' (London 1646; reprinted London 1717; and also with additions by Francis Peck, at the end of his ''Academia tertia Anglicana; or the Antiquarian Annals of Stanford'', London 1727). A manuscript by him, in two volumes, entitled ''Antiquity revived'', is preserved in the library of St John's College, Cambridge. It is a translation from Camden. Butcher's portrait at the age of 61 in 1648 was engraved by Clamp. Butcher had a wife, Dorothy, with whom he had several children, including a son, Robert, who matriculated aged 17 from St John's College, Cambridge, in 1653, and was ordained at Peterborough in 1663. Richard Butcher died in 1664, and was buried in September at All Saints' Church, Stamford.Cooper 2004. Notes Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antiquarian
An antiquarian or antiquary () is an fan (person), aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past. More specifically, the term is used for those who study history with particular attention to ancient artifact (archaeology), artifacts, History of archaeology, archaeological and historic Archaeological site, sites, or historic archives and manuscripts. The essence of antiquarianism is a focus on the empirical evidence of the past, and is perhaps best encapsulated in the motto adopted by the 18th-century antiquary Sir Richard Hoare, 2nd Baronet, Sir Richard Colt Hoare, "We speak from facts, not theory." The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' first cites "archaeologist" from 1824; this soon took over as the usual term for one major branch of antiquarian activity. "Archaeology", from 1607 onwards, initially meant what is now seen as "ancient history" generally, with the narrower modern sense first seen in 1837. Today the term "antiquarian" is often used in a pejorative sense ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
