An antiquarian or antiquary is one concerned with antiquities or things of the past. More narrowly, the term is often used for those who studied history with special attention to "antiques" i.e. ancient objects of art or science as physical traces of the past. Antiquarianism is usually considered to have emerged in the sixteenth century; by the nineteenth century it had become transformed and bifurcated into the academic disciplines of archaeology and philology. Antique can stand for any of several things: An antique is an object, often furniture or any other domestic item, that is highly valued because of its age, or because it belongs to a specific time period. ... For other senses of this word, see history (disambiguation). ... Antiques (Latin antiquus, old) are objects which have reached an age which makes them a witness of a previous era in human society. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech/discourse) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... Philology is the study of ancient texts and languages. ...

The Society of Antiquaries of London was formed in the 18th century to promote the study of antiquities. As early as 1572 a society had been founded by Bishop Matthew Parker, Sir Robert Cotton, William Camden and others for the preservation of national antiquities. This body existed till 1604, when it fell under suspicion of being political in its aims, and was abolished by King James I. Papers read at their meetings are preserved in the Cottonian library and were printed by Thomas Hearne in 1720 under the title A Collection of Curious Discourses, a second edition appearing in 1771. The Society of Antiquaries of London is a learned society, based in the United Kingdom, concerned with the encouragement, advancement and furtherance of the study and knowledge of the antiquities and history of this and other countries. This includes archaeology, architectural history, art history, conservation, heraldry, anthropology, and ecclesiastical studies. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Events January 16 - Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England. ... Matthew Parker Matthew Parker (August 6, 1504 - May 17, 1575) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1559. ... Portrait of Robert Cotton, commissioned 1626 and attributed to Cornelius Johnson (or Janssen), (1593-1661). ... William Camden William Camden (May 2, 1551 - November 9, 1623) was an English antiquarian and historian. ... Events January 14 – Hampton Court conference with James I of England, the Anglican bishops and representatives of Puritans September 20 – Capture of Ostend by Spanish forces under Ambrosio Spinola after a three year siege. ... James VI of Scotland/James I of England (Charles James Stuart) (June 19, 1566 – March 27, 1625) was King of England, King of Scotland and was the first to style himself King of Great Britain. ... The Lindisfarne Gospels is but one of the treasures collected by Sir Robert Cotton. ... Thomas Hearne (July, 1678 - June 10, 1735), English antiquarian, was born at Littlefield Green in the parish of White Waltham, Berkshire. ... // Events January 6 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace. ... 1771 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1707 a number of English antiquaries began to hold regular meetings for the discussion of their hobby and in 1717 the Society of Antiquaries was formally reconstituted, finally receiving a charter from King George II in 1751. In 1780 King George III granted the society apartments in Somerset House in The Strand. The society was governed by a council of twenty and a president who is ex officio a trustee of the British Museum. Events January 1 - John V is crowned King of Portugal April 25 - Allied army is defeated by Bourbonic army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession. ... // Events January 4 — The Netherlands, Britain & France sign Triple Alliance February 26-March 6 What is now the northeastern United States was paralyzed by a series of blizzards that buried the region. ... George II (George Augustus) (10 November 1683–25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death. ... Events Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic at the University of Glasgow March 25 - For the last time, New Years Day is legally on March 25 in England and Wales. ... 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... George III (George William Frederick) (4 June 1738–29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain, and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801, and thereafter King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. ... The central courtyard of Somerset House in London. ... Strand is a famous road in London, linking Trafalgar Square to Fleet Street and the City of London. ... The centre of the museum was redeveloped in 2000 to become the Great Court, with a tessellated glass roof by Foster and Partners surrounding the original Reading Room. ...

The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland was founded in 1780, and had the management of a large national antiquarian museum in Edinburgh. In Ireland a society was founded in 1849 called the Kilkenny Archaeological Society, holding its meetings at Kilkenny. In 1869 its name was changed to the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, and in 1890 to the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, its office being transferred to Dublin. In France La Société Nationale des Antiquaires de France was formed in 1814 by the reconstruction of the Acadêmie Celtique, which had existed since 1805. The American Antiquarian Society was founded in 1812, with its headquarters at Worcester, MA. It had a library of upwards of 100,000 volumes and its transactions were been published bi-annually starting 1849. In Germany the Gesamtverein der Deutschen Geschichtsund Altertumsvereine was founded in 1852. La Société Royale des Antiquaires du Nord at Copenhagen was among the best known of European antiquarian societies. The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is an archaeological learned society formed for the purpose of studying the history of Scotland. ... 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Edinburgh (pronounced ; Dùn Èideann () in Scottish Gaelic) is the second-largest city in Scotland and the countrys capital city. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Statistics Province: Leinster County: County Kilkenny Area: 3. ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland is a learned society based in Ireland, whose aims are to preserve, examine and illustrate all ancient monuments and memorials of the arts, manners and customs of the past, as connected with the antiquities, language, literature and history of Ireland. Founded in 1849... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The American Antiquarian Society (AAS) is both a learned society and national research library of pre-twentieth century American History and culture. ... 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Downtown Worcester, with City Hall at the right Worcester is a city in Worcester County in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States of America. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Copenhagen (IPA: , rhyming with pagan, or , with a as in spa; Danish IPA: ) is the capital of Denmark and the countrys largest city (metropolitan population 1,115,035 (2006), at present made up of 16 municipalities. ...

Some antiquarians

• Patrick Abercromby
• Elias Ashmole
• John Aubrey
• Sir James Balfour
• Thomas Baker
• John Battely
• George Buck
• William Camden
• Abraham de la Pryme
• Rev. Dr. Henry Duncan
• Robert Stephen Hawker
• Montague Rhodes James
• John Leland – to king Henry VIII. He was appointed Royal Antiquarian in 1533
• Edward Lhuyd
• H.P. Lovecraft
• Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh
• Peregrine O'Duignan
• Ruaidhri O Flaithbheartaigh
• Dorning Rasbotham
• Fred Rosenstock
• William Forbes Skene
• George Vertue
• Olaus Wormius
• Thomas Wright
• John Stow
• Robert Crowley
• John Foxe
• Richard Grafton
• John Bale

This article is about the Scottish physician and antiquarian. ... Elias Ashmole by an unknown hand (detail), c. ... John Aubrey. ... Sir James Balfour of Denmyine, 1st Baronet, (c. ... Thomas Baker (September 14, 1656–July 2, 1746) was an English antiquarian. ... John Battely was an English antiquary and clergyman, Archdeacon of Canterbury 1688-1708. ... Sir George Buck (died 1622) was an antiquarian who served as Master of the Revels to King James I of England. ... William Camden William Camden (May 2, 1551 - November 9, 1623) was an English antiquarian and historian. ... Abraham de la Pryme (15 January 1671–12 June 1704) was an English antiquary. ... Ruthwell is a village and parish on the Solway Firth between Dumfries and Annan in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. ... Robert Stephen Hawker (3 December 1803 - 15 August 1875), was an English poet, antiquarian of Cornwall, Anglican clergyman and reputed eccentric. ... Montague Rhodes James, (August 1, 1862, Goodnestone Parsonage, Kent, England –June 12, 1936). ... John Leland (September 13, 1502–April 18, 1552) was an English antiquary. ... Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ... Events January 25 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boleyn, his second Queen consort. ... Edward Llwyd (also spelt Lhuyd) ( 1660 - June 30, 1709) was a Welsh naturalist, botanist, linguist, geographer and antiquary. ... Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of fantasy, horror and science fiction, noted for combining these three genres within single narratives. ... Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh (1643–January 1671) was born in the parish of Lackan, in the Barony of Tireagh, Co. ... Peregrine ODuignan, Irish clergyman and historian, fl. ... Ruaidhri O Flaithbheartaigh, 1629-1716/1718. ... Dorning Rasbotham (1730 - 1791) was an English writer, antiquarian and artist. ... Fred Asher Rosenstock (1895-1986) born Selig Usher Rosenstock in 1895 in Biala Potok in Galicia then a province of Austria in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains was a prominent bookseller, book and art collector and publisher in Denver, Colorado from the 1920s through the 1970s. ... William Forbes Skene (1809–1892), Scottish historian and antiquary, was the second son of Sir Walter Scotts friend, James Skene (1775–1864), of Rubislaw, near Aberdeen, and was born on June 7 1809. ... George Vertue (1684-1756) was a British engraver and antiquary, whose notebooks on British art of the first half of the 18th century are a valuable source for the period. ... Ole Worm Ole Worm (May 13, 1588 – August 31, 1654), (pronounced Olay Vorm) who often went by the Latinized form of his name Olaus Wormius, was a Danish physician and antiquary. ... Thomas Wright (April 21, 1810 - December 23, 1877) was an English antiquarian and writer. ... John Stow (c. ... Robert Crowley also Robertus Croleus, Roberto Croleo, Robart Crowleye, and Robarte Crole (c. ... John Foxe, line engraving by George Glover, first published in the 1641 edition of Actes and Monuments John Foxe (1516–April 8, 1587) is remembered as the author of the famous Foxes Book of Martyrs. ... Richard Grafton (died 1572) was a printer and chronicler, printed various ed. ... John Bale (21 November 1495 - November, 1563) was an English churchman, historian and controversialist, Bishop of Ossory. ...

See also

• Historian
• Antiquary by Sir Walter Scott

A historian is a person who studies history. ... An antiquarian is one concerned with antiquities or things of the past. ... Portrait of Sir Walter Scott, by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (14 August 1771–21 September 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time. ...

References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
• American Antiquarian Soceity