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ENGLAND: THE OTHER WITHIN
Analysing the English Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

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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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Alexander John Forsyth

Career Religious / ?Manufacturer

Biography Scottish Presbyterian minister and firearms inventor, patenter and ?manufacturer who worked for a short time in the Tower of London [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 26/04/2007]

Biography References http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9034927/Alexander-John-Forsyth

County No counties listed

Relationship ?Maker

Archaeological or Ethnographic Ethnography

Collected around 1930

Date made around After 1807

Dates active 1769-1843

Donated around 1930

English collections Fowling piece

Oxford Uni Education No

Oxford based No

English collection size 1

Connections Stevens Auction Rooms

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