1772
William Borlase, English geologist and historian (born 1695)
William Borlase, English geologist and historian (born 1695)
William Borlase, English geologist and historian (born 1695)
William Borlase
18th-century English antiquary and naturalist
- Died
- 1772
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. He was a member of the prominent Borlase family.