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John Brent

Also known as: John Brent; primary name: Brent, John
Details: individual; politician/statesman; British; Male
Other dates: 1895- (active)
Biography: Owner of beads from Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Faversham acquired by the Museum as part of the Franks Collection in 1895. Possibly related to Cecil Brent Presumably the John Brent FSA who was the former owner of a coin found in Canterbury in 1869. John Brent antiquary and novelist, was born at Rotherhithe on 21 Aug. 1808 and in 1821 moved to Canterbury. In his early days he carried on the business of a miller, occupied for many years a seat on the council of Canterbury Corporation, and was elected an alderman, but resigned that position on being appointed treasurer. He became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in April 1853 and was also a member of the British Archaeological Association and of the Kent Archaeological Society. In 1855 he had published a revised edition of Felix Summerly's Handbook for Canterbury, and in 1875 his Catalogue of the Antiquities in the Canterbury Museum, of which he was an honorary curator.