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William Borlase

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English antiquarian, geologist and naturalist (1695-1772)

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William Borlase, was a Cornish antiquary, geologist and naturalist. From 1722, he was Rector of Ludgvan, Cornwall, where he died. He is remembered for his works The Antiquities of Cornwall and The Natural History of Cornwall (1758), although his plans for a parish-by-parish county history were abandoned.

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New Grimsby harbour, from Observations on the Ancient and Present State of the Islands of Scilly, and their Importance to the Trade of Great BritainNew Grimsby harbour, from Observations on the Ancient and Present State of the Islands of Scilly, and their Importance to the Trade of Great Britain

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Fellow of the Royal Society

Academics born in the 1690s 6

Chen Hongmou39.1Alberto Radicati37.0Georg Bernhard Bilfinger40.5Jacob Vernet36.9Antoine Court42.4Carlo Antonio Broggia34.1

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Lived 1695 to 1772 · aged 77
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