(31 October 1724 – 3 August 1805) an English poet who also wrote in Latin.

Nigel Allister Anstey (born 1927)Dictionary of Mathematical Geosciences: With Historical Notes, Richard J. Howarth, Springer International Publishing, 2017, p. 531 is a British geophysicist who has made major contributions to seismic exploration, which are the foundations for many of the techniques used in today's oil and gas exploration.