Askew

ANTHONY ASKEW (1722 - 1774)

Askew's father was the well-known Newcastle physician, Adam Askew, who had purchased the historic estate of Redheugh hall, near Gateshead, in 1748.

Anthony Askew was born in Kendal and went to school at Sedbergh, followed by the Grammar School in Newcastle. There he went in mortal dread of Richard Dawes (q.v.). Askew became a physician in London, at Bart's and Christ's Hospital, but is much better known as a classical scholar. He helped to develop public interest in rare manuscripts and laid the foundations of an extensive library, the Bibilotheca Askveiana. His MS. volume of transcribed inscriptions is in the British Museum.

Myers Literary Guide:	The North-East
ANTHONY ASKEW (1722 - 1774) Askew's father was the well-known Newcastle physician, Adam Askew, who had purchased the historic estate of Redheugh hall, near Gateshead, in 1748. Anthony Askew was born in Kendal and went to school at Sedbergh, followed by the Grammar School in Newcastle. There he went in mortal dread of Richard Dawes (q.v.). Askew became a physician in London, at Bart's and Christ's Hospital, but is much better known as a classical scholar. He helped to develop public interest in rare manuscripts and laid the foundations of an extensive library, the Bibilotheca Askveiana. His MS. volume of transcribed inscriptions is in the British Museum.
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