Apart from his managerial work John Evans was also a distinguished antiquary, archaeologist and numismatist. In English, however, the word (either as antiquarian or antiquary) very rarely carries this sense. A rationalistic explanation of the fable was propounded by the eminent Roman antiquary Varro. This inscription is of great interest to the antiquary, and to the archeologist. It was owned by John Leland, the antiquary, in the 1540s. The contemporary antiquary John Leland described the Malvern Hills and Hanley Castle. Stukeley, the eighteenth-century antiquary, mentions large stone remains to the south of the church. Paton was a well known antiquary, whose specialty was arms and armour. Ultimately John became a distinguished antiquary, publishing numerous books and articles. He was the uncle of the Maltese antiquary Antonio Bosio. Pausanias has the instincts of an antiquary. Middoth originally published in Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. It was succeeded by "The New Indian Antiquary" (1938-47) and the "Indian Antiquary" (1964-71). It was included in his first collection "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary". It is included in his collection "More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary".