antiquary
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James, the English antiquary and ghost-story writer, to whose work I am devoted.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2021
Yet Irwin is hardly a dry-as-dust antiquary, and “Wonders Will Never Cease” frequently reveals the wide range of his reading: His description of the world’s end was obviously adapted from H.G.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 27, 2017
In the 1890s, antiquary John Buchanan saw "an entire mass of broken stones mingled with fragments of pottery" exposed when the railway line was cut through Castlecary fort.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 15, 2013
Among the many strange sights that evening were parliamentary records being flung from windows, while the antiquary Thomas Phillipps ran about picking them up from the cobbles.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 5, 2012
Some Englishmen, while I was in the Vatican, came there, and spent above six hours in writing down whatever the antiquary dictated to them.
From Famous European Artists by Bolton, Sarah K.
With knowledge under siege, antiquaries of that time were the last defense against the destruction of books.
From Slate ● Dec. 8, 2020
Wilson structures “A Magical World” as essentially a series of lightly sketched biographies of the era’s most prominent theologians, philosophers, physicians, cosmographers and antiquaries.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2018
Architects and antiquaries had been arguing over these matters since early Victorian times.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 20, 2013
But Newcastle's antiquaries retain a youthful curiosity and zest.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2013
In our own days, those who deal with armory as antiquaries and students of the past will observe the old custom for convenience’ sake.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
