William Borlase

William Borlase
Born	(1696-02-02)2 February 1696[1] Pendeen, Cornwall
Died	31 August 1772(1772-08-31) (aged 76) Ludgvan, Cornwall
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Exeter College, Oxford
Scientific career
Fields	Geologist, naturalist, antiquary

William Borlase (2 February 1696^[1] – 31 August 1772), Cornish antiquary, geologist and naturalist. From 1722, he was Rector of Ludgvan, Cornwall, where he died. He is remembered for his works The Antiquities of Cornwall (1754; 2nd ed., 1769) and The Natural History of Cornwall (1758), although his plans for a parish-by-parish county history were abandoned.