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William Stukeley FRS FSA (7 November 1687 – 3 March 1765) was an English antiquarian, physician and Anglican clergyman. A significant influence on the later development of archaeology, he pioneered the scholarly investigation of the prehistoric monuments of Stonehenge and Avebury in Wiltshire.
William Stukeley was an English antiquary and physician whose studies of the monumental Neolithic Period–Bronze Age stone circles at Stonehenge and Avebury, Wiltshire, led him to elaborate extravagant theories relating them to the Druids (ancient Celtic priest-magicians).
Mar 2, 2022 · William Stukeley was an English antiquary and one of the founders of field archaeology, who pioneered the investigation of Stonehenge. William Stukeley was born on the 7th November 1697 in Holbeach, Lincolnshire, the son of a lawyer.
Mar 3, 2011 · William Stukeley self portrait, 1735 © Stukeley was an English antiquary and one of the founders of field archaeology, who pioneered the investigation of Stonehenge.
William Stukeley. (1687—1765) antiquary and natural philosopher. Quick Reference. (1687–1765). British antiquary, traveller and co‐founder of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Jan 2, 2015 · Phenomenology is the modern theoretical archaeologist's word for the appreciation of how a prehistoric monument relates to its landscape. The author shows how the one of the earliest antiquaries, William Stukeley, pre-echoed some of its principles methods and thinking.
William Stukeley, M.D.— This learned and indefatigable antiquary was born 7th November, 1687, at Holbech, in Lincolnshire. After a good preliminary education at the free school of his native town, he was admitted at Corpus Christi college, Cambridge, 7th November, 1703, and chosen a scholar of that house in the April following.
Dr William Stukeley (1687-1765) was the most renowned English antiquary of the eighteenth century. This study discusses his life and achievements, placing him firmly within his intellectual...
Dec 1, 2009 · The only previous full-length biography is Stuart Piggott's William Stukeley: An Eighteenth-Century Antiquary, first published in 1950 (rev. ante, lxvi [1951], 301–2) and then in a second edition in 1985. Although considered something of a classic, Piggott's work is now dated and a new biography was long overdue.
Oct 16, 2008 · Dr William Stukeley (1687-1765) 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.
