John Brand (antiquarian)
John Brand (19 August 1744 – 11 September 1806) was an
Life
Born in Washington, County Durham, he was educated at the Royal Grammar School in Newcastle upon Tyne and Lincoln College, Oxford. Initially apprenticed as a cordwainer, he obtained a degree from Lincoln College, Oxford, in 1775 and was appointed perpetual curate of Cramlington. Brand was appointed Secretary to the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1784 and was annually re-elected until his death.
He was buried in the nearby churchyard of St Mary-at-Hill. When this churchyard was cleared, his remains were moved to West Norwood Cemetery within the enclosure that the church acquired there in 1847.
Works
Brand wrote Observations on the popular antiquities of Great Britain: Including the Whole of Mr. Bourne's Antiquitates Vulgares (1777), generally referred to as Popular Antiquities. (The incorporated work was the Popular Antiquities of
References
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "John Brand". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.
- Short biography", St Andrew's Church", British History Online (see footnote 33)
- Observations on Popular Antiquities, Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of our Vulgar Customs, Ceremonies and Superstitions by John Brand: A New Edition with the additions of Sir Henry Ellis (Chatto and Windus, London 1900). (This pre-dates the alphabetical extension, revision and correction accessed below.)
- R. H. Sweet, ‘Brand, John (1744–1806)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
External links
- Works by or about John Brand at Wikisource
- Media related to John Brand (antiquarian) at Wikimedia Commons