John Britton (antiquary)

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John Britton
Portrait of John Britton by John Wood, 1845
Born	(1771-07-07)7 July 1771 Kington St. Michael, near Chippenham, Wiltshire England
Died	1 January 1857 London, England
Resting place	West Norwood Cemetery
Occupation	Writer

John Britton FSA (7 July 1771 – 1 January 1857) was an English antiquary, topographer, author and editor. He was a prolific populariser of the work of others, rather than an undertaker of original research. He is remembered as co-author (mainly in association with his friend Edward Wedlake Brayley) of nine volumes in the series The Beauties of England and Wales (1801–1814); and as sole author of the Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain (9 vols, 1805–1814) and Cathedral Antiquities of England (14 vols, 1814–1835).