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Sir William Dugdale
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Dugdale, detail of an engraving by Wenzel Hollar, frontispiece to the first edition of Dugdale's Antiquities of Warwickshire, 1656
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Born September 12, 1605 • England
Died February 10, 1686 (aged 80) • England
Subjects Of Study England

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Dugdale, detail of an engraving by Wenzel Hollar, frontispiece to the first edition of Dugdale's Antiquities of Warwickshire, 1656
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