Main entry:

Haycock, David Boyd, 1968-

Title & Author:

William Stukeley : science, religion, and archaeology in eighteenth-century England / David Boyd Haycock.

Publication:

Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2002.

Description:

xiii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes statements by William Stukeley.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-284) and index.
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.
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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.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0851158641 (acid-free paper)
9780851158648 (acid-free paper)

Subject:

Stukeley, William, 1687-1765.
Stukeley, William 1687-1765
Stukeley, William.
Religion and science England History 18th century.
Archaeology England History 18th century.
Antiquarians Great Britain Biography.
Druids and druidism.
Religion et sciences Angleterre Histoire 18e siècle.
Archéologie Angleterre Histoire 18e siècle.
Spécialistes d'histoire ancienne Grande-Bretagne Biographies.
Antiquarians.
Antiquities.
Archaeology.
Druids and Druidism.
Intellectual life.
Religion and science.
Archeologie.
Archeologen.
Great Britain Intellectual life 18th century.
Avebury (England) Antiquities.
Great Britain Antiquities.
Stonehenge (England)
Grande-Bretagne Vie intellectuelle 18e siècle.
Stonehenge (Angleterre)
England.
England Avebury.
England Stonehenge.
Great Britain.

Form/genre:

Biography.
Biographies.
Quotations (texts)
History.
Biografie.

Added entries:

Stukeley, William, 1687-1765.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 224507
Call No.: N7480.8.S934 H3 2002
Status: Available