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DING 2021: “Son of a parish clerk, this antiquarian was born in Washington, Dur. Soon afterwards he moved to Gatehead. He received his education at the Newcastle Grammar School, and then at Oxford, at Lincoln College. He  was first curate of Bolam, Nb., and then of a parish in Newcastle. He later became perpetual curate of Cramlington, Nb. By 1784 he was living in London. From that date until his death he was Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of London. He was also secretary and librarian of the duke of Northumberland. He was a keen bibliophile.”

WORKS

1777. Observations on Popular Antiquities: Including the whole of Mr. Bourne's Antiquitates Vulgares, with Addenda to every Chapter of that Work: As also, an Appendix, Containing such Articles on the Subject, as have been omitted by that Author. Newcastle-upon:Tyne:  Printed by T. Saint, for J. Johnson. SC. EDD.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WORKS SEE

Anonymous. 1806. "Obituary." Gentleman's Magazine 76: 881.

Evans, J. 1956. A History of the Society of Antiquaries. Oxford: University Press.

"John Brand (Antiquarian)" Wikipedia [Accessed 11th June 2021

Sweet, R.H. 2004. "Brand, John (1744-1806). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. [Accessed 11th June 2021

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John Brand

(1744-1806)