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Born	August 19, 1744 • Washington • England
Died	September 11, 1806 (aged 62) • London • England
Notable Works	“Observations on Popular Antiquities: Including the Whole of Mr. Bourne’s Antiquitates Vulgares”

William Martin Leake

British army officer, topographer, and antiquary

Sidney Webb

British economist

Beatrice Webb

British economist

Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

English politician and author

William Bligh

English admiral

James Anthony Froude

British historian

Sir Ferdinando Gorges

British colonist

Robert Sidney, 1st earl of Leicester

British soldier and politician

Sir Charles Firth

British historian

Hugh Le Despenser

English noble, the younger [died 1326]

Hugh Le Despenser

English noble, the elder [1262-1326]

Priscilla Alden

English colonist

John Alden

English colonist

Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore of Baltimore

British statesman

Francis Bacon

British author, philosopher, and statesman

Oliver Cromwell

English statesman

Elizabeth I

queen of England

John Stuart Mill

British philosopher and economist

William I

king of England

Henry VIII

king of England