NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Gough, Richard, 1735-1809 NRA: Gough, Richard (1735-1809), antiquary DNB: Gough, Richard (1735–1809), antiquary LBT ID: RiGough1809 VIAF ID: 41970552 LOC ID: n85024864 | B/BAP: 1735-10-21 DIED: 1809-02-20 |
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The son of Harry Gough (d. 1751), a wealthy merchant, he was educated at Corpus Christi
College, Cambridge and published a new edition of Camden's Britannia. He was a director of the Society of Antiquaries and edited its periodical
Archaeologia. | |