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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Joseph James

Career Trader / Wheelwright

Biography A wheelwright in Oakhill, Somerset. According to the accession book, "He worked all his life as a wheelwright, continuing a family business established by his grandfather" [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 01/02/2007]

County Somerset

Relationship Other Owner

Archaeological or Ethnographic Ethnography

Collected around 1960

Dates active ?1875-1960

Donated around 1961

English collections Wheelwright tools and letters

Oxford Uni Education Unknown

Oxford based No

English collection size 370

Connections Mrs Griffin