William Borlase

William Borlase

William Borlase (2 février 1696 - 31 août 1772) est un antiquaire, géologue et naturaliste anglais. Il est né à Pendeen.

Il fit des études au Collège d'Exeter au sein de l'université d'Oxford en Angleterre.

Il fut membre de la Royal Society.

Préhistoire

William Borlase reprit le travail sur l'ordre chronologique des âges préhistoriques, en trois séquences : l'âge de pierre - l'âge du bronze - l'âge du Fer, élaboré et publié en 1734 par Nicolas Mahudel.

Bibliographie

  • Borlase, William (1769) The Antiquities of Cornwall, rééditions E & W Books, 1973; ISBN 0-85409-852-6
  • Borlase, William (1756) Observations on the Islands of Scilly
  • Borlase, William (1758) Natural History of Cornwall: imprimé par l'auteur (Londres-Oxford)

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