Augustus Pitt Rivers

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Augustus Pitt Rivers was a pioneering 19th-century British archaeologist and ethnologist known for developing systematic, evolutionary approaches to collecting and displaying artifacts, which laid foundations for modern museum anthropology.

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instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
archaeologist ⓘ
ethnologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
museum founder ⓘ
acquiredTitleBy inheritance of Rivers estate and title ⓘ
alsoKnownAs A. H. Lane-Fox Pitt Rivers ⓘ
General Pitt Rivers ⓘ
birthName Augustus Henry Lane-Fox ⓘ
burialPlace Wimborne St Giles ⓘ
collectionsDonatedTo Pitt Rivers Museum ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1827-04-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1900-05-04 ⓘ
educatedAt Royal Military College Sandhurst ⓘ
employer British Army ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
familyName Lane-Fox ⓘ
Pitt Rivers ⓘ
linked to: Pitt Rivers Museum
fieldOfWork anthropology ⓘ
archaeology ⓘ
ethnology ⓘ
museum studies ⓘ
founded Pitt Rivers Museum founding collection ⓘ
linked to: Pitt Rivers Museum
fullName Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt Rivers ⓘ
givenName Augustus ⓘ
hasNotableWork Catalogue of the Anthropological Collection ⓘ
Excavations in Cranborne Chase ⓘ
On the Evolution of Culture ⓘ
influenced ethnographic collecting practices ⓘ
museum anthropology ⓘ
prehistoric archaeology ⓘ
knownFor development of modern museum anthropology practices ⓘ
evolutionary approach to material culture ⓘ
founding the Pitt Rivers Museum collections ⓘ
systematic archaeological excavation methods ⓘ
typological arrangement of artifacts ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society ⓘ
Society of Antiquaries of London ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank lieutenant general ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron Rivers ⓘ
notableIdea evolutionary sequence of material culture ⓘ
typological series in artifact display ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath Dorset ⓘ
England ⓘ
Wimborne St Giles ⓘ
positionHeld Inspector of Ancient Monuments ⓘ
residence Cranborne Chase ⓘ
Rushmore House ⓘ
spouse Hon. Alice Margaret Stanley ⓘ

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Pitt Rivers Museum → foundedBy → Augustus Pitt Rivers ⓘ
Pitt Rivers Museum → namedAfter → Augustus Pitt Rivers ⓘ
Augustus Pitt Rivers → fullName → Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt Rivers ⓘ
linked to: Augustus Pitt Rivers
Augustus Pitt Rivers → alsoKnownAs → General Pitt Rivers ⓘ
linked to: Augustus Pitt Rivers
Augustus Pitt Rivers → alsoKnownAs → A. H. Lane-Fox Pitt Rivers ⓘ
linked to: Augustus Pitt Rivers