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Authorised form of nameTownley; Charles (1737 - 1805)
Dates1737 - 1805
Place of birthTowneley, near Burnley, Lancashire, England
Date of birth01 October 1737
Place of death7 Park Street, Westminster
Date of death03 January 1805
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Burnley
ActivityCareer:
Succeeded to his father's estate (1742); went to Douai; later was under the care of John Turberville Needham (FRS 1746); Trustee of the British Museum (1791); his superb collection of marbles and terracottas were purchased by the British Museum after his death, including the famous Discobolus, thus augmenting the British Museum's classical collection. In 1808 the Museum opened the first purpose-built gallery to house the Townley Collectyion.
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election10/03/1791
RelationshipsEldest son of William Towneley of Towneley Hall
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
CodeNA7280
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1790/13Townley, Charles: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MM/2/34Letter from John Fitzpatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory, Grosvenor Place, to R Wilbrahamc.1803
MM/2/24Letter from Charles Townley, Park Street, Westminster, to Sir Joseph Banks18 June 1803
CB/1/6/168Letter from Charles Townley, Park Street West to Charles Blagden12 June 1792
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