A year in the life: 1879
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Month |
Day |
Event |
Source of information |
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January |
28 |
Lane Fox attends AGM of Anthropological Institute, re-elected vice president |
Peter Rivière from contemporary newspapers |
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January |
No days |
?Lane Fox in France |
[Thompson] |
But see above |
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February |
3 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to South Kensington Museum [SKM] |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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February |
5 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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February |
8 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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February |
21 |
Lane Fox stays at Alexandra Hotel, Hyde Park, London, for unknown reason |
Morning Post 21 February 1879 p. 7 |
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February |
27 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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February |
No days |
?Lane Fox in France |
[Thompson] |
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March |
1 |
Lane Fox attends party at Countess Stanhope's |
Morning Post 3 March 1879 p. 5 |
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March |
4 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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March |
5 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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March |
15 |
Lane Fox attends Countess Stanhope's reception at Grosvenor Place |
Manchester Guardian 16 March 1879, Morning Post 17 March 1879 p. 5 |
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March - April |
Around 17 March to April 22 |
Lane Fox conducts surveying trip to Brittany in area around Dinan viewing ancient monuments, collected artefacts |
Thompson, 1977: 125. PRM accession book. National Archives workbook 39/1 page 55 and 39/2 pages 8, 32, 39 confirm dates |
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April |
12, 14 or 15 |
Lane Fox's 52nd birthday |
See 1827 for uncertainty about birthdate |
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April |
No days |
Lane Fox on Surveying trip to Brittany ancient monuments, collected artefacts |
Thompson, 1977: 125. PRM accession book |
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May |
3, 5, 9 |
Lane Fox acquires objects in France |
PRM accession book |
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May |
14 |
Lane Fox at Caesar's Camp, Dieppe; fieldwalking? |
PRM accession book |
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May |
19 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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May |
23 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM [items acquired 9.5.79 above] |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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June |
4 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM [items acquired on 5 June 1878 [sic]] |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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June |
11 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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June |
13 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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June |
14 |
Lane Fox apparently at Batley's Hotel, Gloucester Road, London |
Morning Post 14 June 1879 p. 3 |
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June |
25 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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June |
28 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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July |
2 |
Objects obtained from auction [Medhurst, Sotheby and other items] |
PRM accession book |
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July |
2 |
Items obtained from Lancing, Sussex |
PRM accession book |
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July |
2 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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July |
3 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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July |
7 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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July |
10 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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July |
11 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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July |
14 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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July |
16 |
Lane Fox attends Lady Holland's garden party |
Morning Post 17 July 1879 p. 5 |
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July |
19 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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July |
21 |
Items acquired ?from auction |
PRM accession book |
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July |
21 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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July |
23 |
Items from London acquired |
PRM accession book |
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July |
26 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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July |
30 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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August |
1 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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August |
2 |
Items obtained from Rollin and Funardent |
PRM accession book |
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August |
2 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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August |
15 |
References to collection at South Kensington Museum |
The Times 15 August 1879 |
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August |
30 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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August - September |
No days |
Lane Fox visits Germany [Hamburg; Gottingen] and Denmark and Sweden with Rolleston |
Bowden, 1991: 87 / Thompson, 1977: 57, 125. Rolleston DNB entry, Chris Morton and S&SWM records |
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end August? |
No days |
Lane Fox on informal excavation at Danewirke with Rolleston |
Thompson, 1977: 57 |
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August |
31 |
Items obtained from Denmark |
PRM accession book |
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August |
31 |
Rolleston and Lane Fox at Korsor, Denmark |
See here |
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August |
No days |
Items obtained from Sweden |
PRM accession book |
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September |
11 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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September |
15 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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September |
23 |
Lane Fox excavating with others at Pen Pits |
Peter Rivière [see article here] |
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September |
29 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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September |
No days |
Lane Fox present at excavations at Malvern Hills, by F.G. Hilton Price |
Peter Rivière, JAI 10 (1881): 319-331 |
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October |
23, poss other days too |
Lane Fox excavating Flamborough Head, Yorkshire |
Thompson, 1977: 57, 125; Bowden, 1991: 89 [date given here] |
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October |
4 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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November |
19 |
Items obtained from Norway |
PRM accession book |
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November |
20 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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November |
22 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to SKM |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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December |
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No month |
No days |
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No month |
No days |
?Revised catalogue of SKM displays printed |
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