Charles Townley ( 1737 - 1805 )

Birth: Towneley, near Burnley, Lancashire, England (01 October 1737) Death: 7 Park Street, Westminster (03 January 1805) Burial: Burnley Career: Succeeded to his father's estate (1742); went to Douai; later was under the care of John Turberville Needham (FRS 1746); Trustee of the British Museum (1791); his superb collection of marbles and terracottas were purchased by the British Museum after his death, including the famous Discobolus, thus augmenting the British Museum's classical collection.