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ANTIQUARY , a See also:person who devotes himself to the study of See also:ancient learning and " antiques," i.e. ancient See also:objects of See also:art or See also:science. The See also:London Society of Antiquaries was formed in the 18th See also:century to promote the study of antiquities. As See also:early as 1572 a society had been founded by See also:Bishop See also:Matthew See also:Parker, See also:Sir See also:Robert See also:Cotton, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Camden and others for the preservation of See also:national antiquities. This See also:body existed till 1604, when it See also:fell under suspicion of being See also:political in its aims, and was abolished by See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I. Papers read at their meetings are pre-served in the Cottonian library and were printed by See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Hearne in 1720 under the See also:title A Collection of Curious Discourses, a second edition appearing in 1771. In 1707 a number of See also:English antiquaries began to hold See also:regular meetings for the discussion of their See also:hobby and in 1717 the Society of Antiquaries was formally reconstituted, finally receiving a See also:charter from See also:George II. in 1751.
In 178o George III. granted the society apartments in See also:Somerset See also:House, Strand. The society is governed by a See also:council of twenty and a See also:president who is ex officio a trustee of the See also:British Museum. The See also:present headquarters of the society are at See also:Burlington House, Piccadilly.
The Society of Antiquaries of See also:Scotland was founded in 178o, and has the management of a large national antiquarian museum in See also:Edinburgh. In See also:Ireland a society was founded in 1849 called the See also:Kilkenny Archaeological Society, holding its meetings at Kilkenny. In 1869 its name was changed to the Royal See also:Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, and in 1890 to the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, its See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office being transferred to See also:Dublin. In See also:France La Societe Nationale See also:des Antiquaires de France was formed in 1814 by the reconstruction of the Academie Celtique, which had existed since 1805. The See also:American Antiquarian Society was founded in 1812, with its headquarters at See also:Worcester, See also:Mass. It has a library of upwards of 1oo,000 volumes and its transactions have been published bi-annually since 1849. In See also:Germany the Gesamtverein der Deutschen Geschichts -und Altertumsvereine was founded in 1852. La Societe Royale des Antiquaires du See also:Nord at See also:Copenhagen is among the best known of See also:European antiquarian See also:societies.
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