Edward King (1735?–1807) was an English barrister and writer. His best-known works were on castles and antiquities. Born about 1735, was the only son...
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Court Edward King, Viscount Kingsborough (1795–1837), Irish antiquarian Edward King (New York banker) (1833–1908), American banker Edward Skinner King (1861–1931)...
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An antiquarian or antiquary (from Latin antiquarius 'pertaining to ancient times') is an aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past. More...
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Pendragon. In early 1333, Edward III openly declared his support for Balliol as king. Balliol returned to Scotland with Edward and an English army in the...
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(23 April 1810 – 23 December 1877) was an English writer, scholar, and antiquarian. He was a prolific writer and an editor of medieval texts. He was also...
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American Antiquarian Society Members Directory Dunbar, B. (1987). Members and Officers of the American Antiquarian Society. Worcester: American Antiquarian Society...
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member of the new Order of Merit (OM), and he was invested as such by King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 24 October 1902. His university honours included...
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George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews (redirect from Edward, Baron Downpatrick)
cousins through the King's mother, Elizabeth II, having been a first cousin of his father. Lord St Andrews is the son of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, and...
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Robert the Bruce (redirect from King Robert I of Scotland)
Balliol to the Scottish throne. After submitting to Edward I in 1302 and returning to "the king's peace", Robert inherited his family's claim to the Scottish...
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17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally by his stage name Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's career as a...
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John Ord (police officer) (category People from King Edward, Aberdeenshire)
(1861 - 1928) was a police officer, antiquarian and folk song collector from Glasgow. John Ord was born in King Edward, Aberdeenshire, the son of a farm...
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Edward Hasted (20 December 1732 OS (31 December 1732 NS) – 14 January 1812) was an English antiquarian and pioneering historian of his ancestral home county...
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Wives of Henry VIII (redirect from Wives of King Henry VIII)
respectively. All three of these children eventually ascended to the throne as King Edward VI, Queen Mary I, and Queen Elizabeth I. In addition, Henry had a relationship...
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College, Cambridge. After leaving the university he devoted himself to antiquarian studies and to the collection of manuscripts. On 22 January 1619 he was...
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Alfred the Great (redirect from King Alfred)
Æthelflæd, who married Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians; Edward the Elder, Alfred's successor as king; Æthelgifu, abbess of Shaftesbury; Ælfthryth, who married...
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elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1893. His boyhood home at Vevay, Indiana, known as the Edward and George Cary Eggleston House,...
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rule as regent until Edward came of age. However, he did not give her any function in government in his will. Following the King's death, she assumed the...
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King Arthur (Welsh: Brenin Arthur, Cornish: Arthur Gernow, Breton: Roue Arzhur, French: Roi Arthur), according to legends, was a king of Britain. He is...
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of Thomas Hearne, Thomas Hearne, David Watson Rannie, Charles Edward Doble, Herbert Edward Salter, Printed for the Oxford Historical Society at the Clarendon...
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the parish of St Edward's, Cambridge. In 1871 Carpenter was invited to become tutor to the royal princes George Frederick (later King George V) and his...
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quarters as well as subsidiary buildings. Ennigaldi's father Nabonidus, an antiquarian and antique restorer, is known as the first serious archeologist. He...
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Wanborough, Wiltshire (section King Edward's Place)
Show. Wanborough is the site of King Edward's Place, a country house once used as a private retreat for King Edward VII and his mistress Lillie Langtry...
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Sierra On-Line". The Digital Antiquarian. Retrieved February 5, 2015. Trivette, Donald B. (February 1985). "Inside King's Quest". Compute!. Vol. 1, no...
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of young Edward's birth (Moisant 1894, p. 149). Thus, a birth date of 27 January 1364/5 may be employed (Richardson 2011, p. 492). Antiquarian John Weever...
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Vaughan Thomas (1775 – 26 October 1858) was an English antiquarian. Thomas was the son of John Thomas of Kingston, Surrey. Vaughan was born in 1775. He...
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London". Dugdale (1605–1686), an eminent antiquarian and scholar, was Norroy King of Arms (1660–1679) and Garter King of Arms (1679–1686). The records of Tonge's...
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Sir Edward Walker (1611 – February 1677) was an officer of arms and antiquarian who served as Garter King of Arms. Walker was born in 1611 at Roobers...
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Bloor was born in Derby, the son of the antiquarian writer Thomas Blore. Blore's background was in antiquarian draughtsmanship rather than architecture...
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Llanthomas Castle Mound (section Antiquarian sources)
1870-1879. John Leyland (1503-1552) was a Tudor antiquarian, poet, archaeologist, and chaplain to King Henry VIII. He is known as the father of English...
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1774: May 2 - The Society of Antiquaries of London open the coffin of King Edward I. 1777: National Archaeological Museum, Naples, established. 1771: March...
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