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John Brand

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Born:
Aug. 19, 1744, Washington, Durham, Eng.
Died:
Sept. 11, 1806, London (aged 62)

John Brand (born Aug. 19, 1744, Washington, Durham, Eng.—died Sept. 11, 1806, London) was a British antiquary and topographer who contributed to the study of English folklore with the publication of Observations on Popular Antiquities: Including the Whole of Mr. Bourne’s Antiquitates Vulgares (1777). Ordained in 1773, Brand occupied positions as a teacher and curate in and near Newcastle upon Tyne until 1784, when he received financial benefits from the Duke of Northumberland, to whom he became a personal chaplain in 1786. His Observations, an expansion of Henry Bourne’s general survey (1725) of the traditions and seasonal rites of the ...(100 of 133 words)

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