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John Brand (August 19, 1744 – September 11, 1806) was an English
England

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 antiquarian
Antiquarian

An antiquarian or antiquary is an aficionado of antiquities or things of the past. Also, and most often in modern usage, an antiquarian is a person who deals with or collects rare and ancient "Antiquarian book trade in the United States"....
.

Born in Washington
Washington, Tyne and Wear

Washington is a town within the metropolitan borough of the City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, England, although it has been in the Newcastle Upon Tyne List of postcode districts in the United Kingdom since the 19th Century....
, County Durham
County Durham

County Durham is a Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in North East England England. The county town is Durham.The largest settlement in the county is the town of Darlington....
, he was educated at the Royal Grammar School
Royal Grammar School, Newcastle

Royal Grammar School Newcastle upon Tyne, known locally as The RGS, is a long-established co-educational, independent school in Newcastle upon Tyne, England....
 and Lincoln College, Oxford
Lincoln College, Oxford

Lincoln College is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is situated in the centre of Oxford, backing onto Brasenose College, Oxford and, lying on Turl Street as it is, is the second oldest of the three Turl Street Colleges ....
. He 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 Henry Bourne
Henry Bourne (historian)

Henry Bourne was an England historian. He was the son of a tailor and it was planned by his father that he would be apprenticed as a glazier; however his promise was such that he was sent to the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle where he flourished, winning a scholarship to Cambridge under the tutelage of The Reverend Mr....
, published 1725, with Brand's own extensive annotations).






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John Brand (August 19, 1744 – September 11, 1806) was an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 antiquarian
Antiquarian

An antiquarian or antiquary is an aficionado of antiquities or things of the past. Also, and most often in modern usage, an antiquarian is a person who deals with or collects rare and ancient "Antiquarian book trade in the United States"....
.

Born in Washington
Washington, Tyne and Wear

Washington is a town within the metropolitan borough of the City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, England, although it has been in the Newcastle Upon Tyne List of postcode districts in the United Kingdom since the 19th Century....
, County Durham
County Durham

County Durham is a Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in North East England England. The county town is Durham.The largest settlement in the county is the town of Darlington....
, he was educated at the Royal Grammar School
Royal Grammar School, Newcastle

Royal Grammar School Newcastle upon Tyne, known locally as The RGS, is a long-established co-educational, independent school in Newcastle upon Tyne, England....
 and Lincoln College, Oxford
Lincoln College, Oxford

Lincoln College is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is situated in the centre of Oxford, backing onto Brasenose College, Oxford and, lying on Turl Street as it is, is the second oldest of the three Turl Street Colleges ....
. He 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 Henry Bourne
Henry Bourne (historian)

Henry Bourne was an England historian. He was the son of a tailor and it was planned by his father that he would be apprenticed as a glazier; however his promise was such that he was sent to the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle where he flourished, winning a scholarship to Cambridge under the tutelage of The Reverend Mr....
, published 1725, with Brand's own extensive annotations). Material from it was afterwards broadly incorporated into William Hone
William Hone

William Hone was an England writer, satirist and bookseller. His victorious court battle against government censorship in 1817 marked a turning point in the fight for British Freedom of the press....
's Every Day Book, Year Book, etc, and in Chambers' Book of Days, which had wide popular circulation. The expression "popular antiquities" was overtaken in the 19th century by "folklore
Folklore

Folklore is the body of expressive culture, including tales, music, dance, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, superstitions, customs, and so forth within a particular population comprising the traditions of that culture, subculture, or group ....
". Brand was appointed Secretary to the Society of Antiquaries of London
Society of Antiquaries of London

The Society of Antiquaries of London is the world?s premier Learned Society for heritage. It is based at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London in the United Kingdom, along with the Royal Academy and four other leading Learned Societies; the Linnean Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Geological Society of London and the Royal Astrono...
 in 1784 and was annually re-elected until his death.

Further reading

  • By Brand and Ellis, Largely Extended, Corrected, Brought Down To The Present Time, and Now First Alphabetically Arranged. London: Reeves and Turner, 1905.