James Cossar

Career ?Academic / ?Teacher

Biography Student on Geographical course around 1913*, nothing further is known of this owner [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 05/01/2007]If this is James Cossar then he did not come to Oxford until 1919 [at least permanently] and he studied at Edinburgh University, from 1919 he became member of staff at Oxford School of Geography [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 21/03/2007]*Discovered by accident when perusing Oxford University Gazette for 1913 for other purposes, and alighted upon reference to this person on the geography course [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 13/03/2007]

Biography References http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0016-7398%28193112%2978%3A6%3C574%3AOJC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Q 

Clubs & Societies ?Royal Geographical Society

County Oxfordshire

Relationship Other Owner

Archaeological or Ethnographic Ethnography

Dates active ?1882-1931

Donated around 1945

English collections Pair of riding boots

Oxford Uni Education No

Oxford based Yes

Date in Oxford 1919-1931

English collection size 2

Connections [Miss] Venables / Henry Balfour / [Mr] Beckit