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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Edward Nicholson

Career Manufacturer / Trader

Biography Firearm manufacturer. According to the website below 'Edward Nicholson was apprenticed to Robert Silke in 1668, elected Master of the Gunmaker's Company in 1697, contractor to Ordnance 1687-11, East India Company 1700, Hudson's Bay Company 1687-1712.' [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 19/02/2007]

Biography References http://www.peterfiner.com/Search/ItemDetails.asp?ItemID=119

County No counties listed

Relationship Maker

Archaeological or Ethnographic Ethnography

Collected around 1874

Date made around Before 1874

Dates active Unknown, active 1668-1712

Donated around 1884

English collections Blunderbuss

Oxford Uni Education No

Oxford based No

English collection size 1

Connections Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers