Edith Pretty

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Edith Pretty was an English landowner and amateur archaeologist best known for initiating and funding the Sutton Hoo excavation that uncovered one of the most significant early medieval treasures in Britain.

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Edith Pretty canonical 17

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instanceOf English landowner ⓘ
amateur archaeologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
birthDate 1883-08-01 ⓘ
birthPlace Elland, West Yorkshire, England ⓘ
linked to: Elland
burialPlace All Saints’ Churchyard, Sutton, Suffolk, England ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
child Robert Dempster Pretty ⓘ
collaboratedWith Basil Brown ⓘ
Charles Phillips ⓘ
commissionedExcavationOf Sutton Hoo burial mounds ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1942-12-17 ⓘ
donated Sutton Hoo treasure to the British nation ⓘ
donatedTo British Museum ⓘ
educatedAt Roedean School ⓘ
employed Basil Brown ⓘ
familyName Pretty ⓘ
fullName Edith May Pretty ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Edith ⓘ
heritage wealth from Dempster industrial family ⓘ
honor offered Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE), which she declined ⓘ
influenced development of early medieval archaeology in Britain ⓘ
knownFor Sutton Hoo ship burial discovery ⓘ
linked to: Sutton Hoo treasure
legalEvent subject of a 1939 inquest confirming Sutton Hoo finds as her property ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
notableFor funding the Sutton Hoo excavation ⓘ
initiating the Sutton Hoo excavation ⓘ
occupation amateur archaeologist ⓘ
landowner ⓘ
owned Sutton Hoo estate ⓘ
linked to: Sutton Hoo treasure

Tranmer House at Sutton Hoo ⓘ
parent Elizabeth Brunton Dempster ⓘ
Robert Dempster ⓘ
portrayedBy Carey Mulligan ⓘ
Ralph Fiennes (as part of dramatized relationship with Basil Brown in The Dig) ⓘ
linked to: Ralph Fiennes
portrayedIn The Dig (2021 film) ⓘ
linked to: The Dig
religion Spiritualism ⓘ
residence Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England ⓘ
servedAs volunteer in French Red Cross during World War I ⓘ
sibling Elizabeth Dempster ⓘ
socialClass upper middle class ⓘ
spouse Frank Pretty ⓘ
subjectOf biographical and archaeological studies on Sutton Hoo ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
yearOfMajorSuttonHooFinds 1939 ⓘ
yearOfSuttonHooExcavationStart 1938 ⓘ

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The Dig → character → Edith Pretty ⓘ
Basil Brown → collaboratedWith → Edith Pretty ⓘ
Rory Lomax → relative → Edith Pretty ⓘ
Rory Lomax → cousinOf → Edith Pretty ⓘ
Pretty → notableBearer → Edith Pretty ⓘ
Pretty → hasNotablePersonWithSurname → Edith Pretty ⓘ
Sutton Hoo → ownedBy → Edith Pretty ⓘ
Frank Pretty → spouse → Edith Pretty ⓘ
Robert Dempster Pretty → mother → Edith Pretty ⓘ
Robert Dempster Pretty → parent → Edith Pretty ⓘ
Robert Dempster Pretty → relative → Edith Pretty ⓘ
Elizabeth Brunton Dempster → child → Edith Pretty ⓘ
Sutton Hoo → associatedWith → Edith Pretty ⓘ
subject linked to: Elizabeth Brunton Dempster