Richard Gough (antiquarian)
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For other people with the same name, see Richard Gough (disambiguation).
Richard Gough FSA FRS (21 October 1735 – 20 February 1809) was a prominent and influential English antiquarian. He served as director of the Society of Antiquaries of London from 1771 to 1791; published a major work on English church monuments; and translated and edited a new edition of William Camden's Britannia.
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He is not to be confused with the Richard Gough who wrote a "History of Myddle", Shropshire, in 1700.