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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Individual's Details

Denis Johnson

Career Manufacturer

Biography Coachmaker of Longacre, Soho, London, manufacturer of dandy horses [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 27/04/2007]

Biography References http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandy_horse / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Johnson_(inventor)

County London [Greater]

Relationship Maker

Archaeological or Ethnographic Ethnography

Collected around 1820

Date made around 1820

Dates active Unknown, active 1819

Donated around 1905

English collections Dandy horse, bicycle propelled by pushing with the riders feet along the ground. Also known colloquially as a Hobby horse

Institution Yes

Oxford based No

English collection size 1

Connections Edward Mason Wrench / John Kirke