ENGLAND: THE OTHER WITHIN

Analysing the English Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

Explore the database of all the people associated with the Pitt Rivers English collections. This gives information about their lives; their education, careers, place of residence, and their network of friends and colleagues. Select the first letter of their surname from the list below.

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Samuel Jones

Career ?Manufacturer

Biography Inventor of Promethean match, he may not have been the manufacturer therefore. Based in London [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 02/05/2007]

Biography References http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/webprojects2001/osullivan/promethean_match.htm

County London [Greater]

Relationship Maker

Archaeological or Ethnographic Ethnography

Collected around 1828 - 1911

Date made around circa 1828

Dates active Unknown, active 1828

Donated around 1939

English collections Promethean matches

Oxford Uni Education No

Oxford based No

English collection size 13

Connections Henry Balfour / Edward Bidwell / E.A.B. Hill (of Hill & Son)