NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Townley, Charles, 1737-1805 DNB: Townley, Charles (1737-1805), collector of antiquities LBT ID: ChTownl1805 VIAF ID: 50286551 LOC ID: n85153598 | B/BAP: 1737-10-01 DIED: 1805-01-03 |
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English virtuoso educated at the English College at Douai; he was a member of the Society
of Dilettanti whose collection of antiquities passed into the British Museum. | |