The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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William Borlase (1695/6 - 1772)

Clergyman, antiquarian, geologist and naturalist. From 1722, he was Rector of Ludgvan. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/2910 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Borlase Relevant locations: Death place at Ludgvan, Cornwall
 Relationships: William Borlase was a member of Royal Society (-)

 References in Documents:
MS Book of Benefactors (MacGregor, ed.)

A.D. 1758

William Borlase, Rector of Ludgvan in Cornwall, MA and FRS, furnished this treasure-house of natural objects with all the crystalline, mineral and metallic specimens which he had collected while working on the History of his native land, and may give more. He also added some pictures of other specimens, elegantly drawn with his own pen, which have been reproduced in the book. To all of this he added a manuscript catalogue to be stored away for the use of future generations.

Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Junior Proctor (MacGregor, ed.) 10 April. Recd of Mr. Jackson The Plates of Nat. Hist. Of Antiq: of Cornwall together with those of Scilley Isles. By Wm. Borlase. A.M. & Paid for the Carriage from Mr. Jacksons – 1s.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Junior Proctor (MacGregor, ed.) Novr. 3. Mr Borlase sent drawings of the Antiq. of Cornwall