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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Arthur John Evans

Career Academic / Archaeologist / Museum Professional

Biography Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford from 1884-1908, an archaeologist most famous for his excavations in Knossos, Crete. [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 15/01/2007]

Biography References http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33032 / Who was Who 2007 / R.F. Ovenell 'The Ashmolean Museum 1683-1894' Clarendon Press Oxford 1986. / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_John_Evans

Clubs & Societies Society of Antiquaries / Royal Anthropological Institute [& earlier manifestations] / British Association for the Advancement of Science / Royal Society / Athenaeum / Hellenic Society / Folklore Society / Oxford University Anthropological Society / British Academy

County Cumbria / Hertfordshire / Suffolk / Norfolk / Oxfordshire

Relationship Field Collector / Other Owner / PRM Source

Archaeological or Ethnographic Archaeology Other Ethnography

Dates active 1851-1941

Donated around 1944

English collections Stone tools and gun-flint maker's core, Red-deer's antler pick, tinder box, tinder pistol, sulphur spunks, strike-a-lights, clay crucibles, mourning envelopes

Oxford Uni College Brasenose College

Oxford Uni Education Yes

Oxford Uni date 1870-1874

Oxford based Yes

Date in Oxford 1870-1874, 1884-

Portrait link http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33032

English collection size 43

Connections Henry Balfour / John Evans / Joan Evans / Joseph Grafton Milne / Kate Grafton Milne / Ashmolean Museum / Oxford University Museum of Natural History / Emberlin and Sons