Strutt

Strutt, JOSEPH, antiquary, was born at Springfield in Essex, October 27, 1742, at fourteen was apprenticed to an engraver, studied art in the Royal Academy, and early gave himself to exceptionally laborious studies at the British Museum. He died in London, October 16, 1802, after a life spent, spite of poverty and sickness, in devotion to learning. His most important book was his last, the invaluable Sports and Pastimes of the People of England (1801). His first book was The Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England (1773); among its successors were his Horda-Angel-Cymnan, or a complete view of the Manners, Customs, Arms, Habits, &c. of the Inhabitants of England (1774-75-76); Chronicle of England, down to the Norman Conquest (1777-78); a Biographical Dictionary of Engravers (1795-86); and Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England (1796-99).