William Drake (antiquary)

Drake, who had been elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries on 29 March 1770, contributed the following papers to Archæologia: "Letter on the Origin of the word Romance", iv. 142–8; "Observations on two Roman Stations in the county of Essex", v. 137–42; "Letter on the Origin of the English Language", v. 306–17; "Further Remarks on the Origin of the English Language", v. 379–89; "Account of some Discoveries in the Church of Brotherton in the county of York", ix. 253–67; "Observations on the Derivation of the English Language", ix. 332–61.^[5]

• Aungier, George James (1840). The History and Antiquities of Syon Monastery, the Parish of Isleworth, and the Chapelry of Hounslow. London: J. B. Nichols and Son. pp. 145, 161, 183.
• Davies, Robert (1875). "A Memoir of Francis Drake, of York, F.S.A., F.R.S.". Yorkshire Archæological and Topographical Journal. Vol. 3. London: Bradbury, Agnew, and Co. pp. 33–54.
• Goodwin, Gordon; Marchand, J. A. (2004). "Drake, William (bap. 1723, d. 1801), antiquary and philologist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
• Lysons, Daniel (1792). The Environs of London. Vol. 3. London: T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies. p. 108.
• Morant, Philip (1768). The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex. 2 vols. London: T. Osborne; J. Whiston; S. Baker; L. Davis; C. Reymers; B. White. Vol. 1. p. 409., Vol. 2, p. 421.
• Nichols, John (1812). Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century. Vol. 2. London: Nichols, Son, and Bentley. p. 87 n.
• Nichols, John (1822). Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century. Vol. 4. John Nichols and Son. p. 620.
• The Gentleman's Magazine. Vol. 20. 1750. p. 237.
• The Gentleman's Magazine. Vol. 71, Part 1. 1801. p. 574.

Attribution

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Goodwin, Gordon (1888). "Drake, William". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 15. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 450.