Richard Carnac Temple

Career Army / Colonial Servant / Anthropologist / Antiquarian

Biography Indian Army officer who served in India and Burma and made large collections of objects during his work, oriental scholar [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 28/02/2007]

Biography References http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36453 / Who was Who 2007 / http://andaman.org/book/app-a/a-temple.htm / http://www.virtualmuseum.info/collections/themes/temple_man_tuson/html/temple.html / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Carnac_Temple

Clubs & Societies Carlton / Marlborough / Athenaeum / Folklore Society / Royal Anthropological Institute [& earlier manifestations] / British Association for the Advancement of Science / Society of Antiquaries / Royal Geographical Society / British Academy / Oxford University Anthropological Society [speaker] / Royal Asiatic Society / Royal Society of Arts

County Worcestershire

Relationship Field Collector / Other Owner / PRM Source

Archaeological or Ethnographic Ethnography

Collected around 1906

Dates active 1850-1931

Donated around 1906

English collections Specimen of ancient lath & plaster from ceiling of the old portion of his home, the Nash, Worcester

Oxford Uni Education No

Oxford based No

Portrait link http://www.virtualmuseum.info/collections/themes/temple_man_tuson/html/temple.htmlhttp://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/5386/pixpages/rctemphd.htm

English collection size 1

Connections Henry Balfour