HORSLEY, JOHN (c. 1685-1732), British archaeologist. There is evidence that he was settled in Morpeth as a Presby terian minister as early as 1709. At Morpeth Horsley opened a private school. Respect for his character and abilities attracted pupils irrespective of religious connection, among them Newton Ogle, afterwards dean of Westminster. He gave lectures on mechanics and hydrostatics in Morpeth, Alnwick and Newcastle, and was elected F.R.S. on April 23, 1730. Horsley's great work, Britannia Romana, or the Roman Antiquities of Britain (1732), is one of the scarcest and most valuable of its class. There is in the British Museum a copy with notes by John Ward (c. 1679 1758), biographer of the Gresham professors. Horsley died on Jan. 12, 1732.