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- Object description
Pitt-Rivers, Augustus Henry Lane-Fox. Son of W. A. Lane-Fox. B. April 14, 1827, D. May 4, 1900. English scientific archaeologist. Gåva av Gunnar Wennerberg.
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General Pitt-Rivers served in the Crimean War - - -
Presented in 1883 weapons and other things to the University
of Oxford - -. Was one of the founders of the Hythe School
of Musketry - -. 1880 - - great-uncle´s estates - - practically
untouched - - battleground of the West Saxons, the Romans and the
Britons - - -. Valuable "finds" in his excavations round Rushmore.
- - - Founded a local museum at Rushmore.
He received various honours including the F.R.S.
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Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford.
Founded: 1851, by General Pitt Rivers; attached to Oxford in 1883.
( Se "International Directory of Anthropological Institutions",
sid. 172.)
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