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Stukeley was the subject of multiple biographies and academic studies by scholars like [[Stuart Piggott]], [[David Boyd Haycock]] and [[Ronald Hutton]].
== Biography ==
===Childhood and university: 1687–1708===
Stukeley was born on 7 November 1669 at the family home in [[Holbeach]], [[Lincolnshire]],{{sfnm|1a1=Piggott|1y=1985|1p=27|2a1=Haycock|2y=2002|2pp=1, 30}} the eldest child in a family of four boys and one girl;{{sfn|Piggott|1985|p=27}} it is possible that he was named after [[William III of England|William of Orange]], who soon after became [[King of England]].{{sfn|Haycock|2002|p=31}}
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