William Borlase, English geologist and archaeologist (died 1772)

William Borlase

18th-century English antiquary and naturalist

William Borlase, 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…