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William Stukeley : science, religion, and archaeology in eighteenth-century England
- Title
- William Stukeley : science, religion, and archaeology in eighteenth-century England / David Boyd Haycock.
- Author
- Haycock, David Boyd, 1968-
- Publication
- Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | DA93.S85 H39 2002 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 290 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- William Stukeley was the most renowned English antiquary of the 18th century. This study discusses his life and achievements which he shared with his illustrious friend Isaac Newton and with other natural philosophers, theologians and historians.
- Subject
- Stukeley, William, 1687-1765
- Stukeley, William, 1687-1765
- Stukeley, William 1687-1765
- Stukeley, William
- 1700-1799
- Religion and science > England > History > 18th century
- Archaeology > England > History > 18th century
- Antiquarians > Great Britain > Biography
- Druids and druidism
- Antiquarians
- Antiquities
- Archaeology
- Intellectual life
- Religion and science
- Archeologie
- Archeologen
- Great Britain > Intellectual life > 18th century
- Avebury (England) > Antiquities
- Great Britain > Antiquities
- Stonehenge (England)
- England
- England > Avebury
- England > Stonehenge
- Great Britain
- Genre/Form
- v – Biographies.
- v – Quotations (texts)
- Biographies.
- History.
- Biografie.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-284) and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Michael Hunter -- 1. 'Standing on the Sholders of Giants': The Intellectual Background -- 2. 'Soe Suitable to my Genius': An Eighteenth-Century Education -- 3. 'The Microcosm': Doctor and Anatomist -- 4. 'The Macrocosm': New Theories of the Universe -- 5. 'The Curious Itinerary': Antiquities and the History of Britain -- 6. 'The Long-Lost Truth': Ancient History and the Origins of Theology -- 7. 'Much Greater, Than Commonly Imagined': Celtic Druids and the Universal Religion -- 8. 'I Have Ever Been Studious in Divinity': Archaeology in Defence of Newtonianism -- 9. 'A Truly to be Respected Learned Man': The Reputation of Dr. Stukeley -- 10. 'These Learned Lives': The Influence of Dr. Stukeley.
- ISBN
- 0851158641
- 9780851158648
- LCCN
- 2001056099
- OCLC
- ocm48474165
- 48474165
- SCSB-14010291
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library