Written and produced by Chris Witcombe - Sweet Briar College - witcombe@sbc.edu William Stukeley Like John Aubrey, Dr. William Stukeley (1687-1765) was an antiquarian and a scholar of sacred history and cabalistic science. He visited many ancient sites which, since John Aubrey's discoveries in the previous century, had provoked increasing interest in England. Stukeley was particularly curious ...

William Stukeley (1687-1765) British antiquarian, best known for his competent archaeological fieldwork at Avebury and Stonehenge. Between 1710 and 1725 Stukeley made numerous summer expeditions on horseback across the English countryside accurately observing and describing, carefully sketching and drawing, and always looking for antiquities. He published several Itineraria, one of which was ...