Contributors to the founding collection of the Pitt Rivers Museum and Pitt-Rivers' second collection

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C.?B.D.; Biography: All these presumed names that are noted just by initials imply that either the full name was obvious to the writer (and he or she presumed, also apparent to reader) or not known ('cannot be determined').; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Calvert, Edward; Biography: English artist, an admirer of William Blake he was one of the Brotherhood of the Ancients; Dates: 1799-1883; Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Calvert_(painter); Collection: Second collection

Calvert, John; Biography: Mineralogist,according to the following website: 'Prospected NSW 1831-34, went to Peru, then returned to Australia, where he prospected NSW, SA and WA, returned to England, back to NSW 1848-49, returned to England reputedly with ton of gold, visited Australia 1890. Responsible for many publications.'; Dates: 1814-1897; Source: http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002285b.htm; Collection: Second collection

Campbell, A.; Biography: His first name might be Arthur, Archibald, or Andrew. A doctor, in the Bengal (or Indian) Medical Service, based first in Kathmandu in Nepal and later in Darjeeling, India. He was the superintendent of the sanitarium in Darjeeling. He imported tea plants from China and started to grow tea near his residence. He wrote several papers about Indian geography and at least one about the Lepchas (whose items he gave to Pitt-Rivers); Dates: 1805-1874; Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Campbell_(British_East_India_Company); Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Campbell, John; Second Marquis of Breadalbane; Biography: Second Marquis of Breadalbane, a politician and courtier. His large collection was based at Taymouth Castle.; Dates: 1796-1862; Source: www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4522; Collection: Second collection

Caradoc, John Hobart; Biography: 2nd Baron Howden. Soldier and diplomat.; Dates: 1799-1873; Source: www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4603; Collection: Second collection

Carlyle, Archibald Campbell; Biography: Only possibly associated with collection. Assistant to Archaeological Survey of India from 1871 to 1885. He was particularly interested in prehistory. See 'The Carlyle Collection of Stone Age Artefacts from Central India' by Jill Cook, Hazel E Martingell, E Martingell Hazel, British Museum Press, 1994.; Dates: 1831-1897; Collection: Second collection

Carmichael, John; Biography: Plumber of Blandford Forum, Dorset. Listed in Kelly's Directory for 1895 as living at 8 Alexandra Street. In the 1901 census he is listed as 'Plumber and Painter' aged 48 born in Woolwich, Kent and living in Orchard Street, Blandford, Dorset.; Dates: ?1853-?; Collection: Second collection

Carnac, John Henry Rivett-; Biography: Member of the Indian Civil Service and aide-de-camp to King George V served in India from 1859 to 1894. Antiquarian interests [from Who was Who]; Dates: 1838-1923; Collection: Second collection

Carr, A.G.; Biography: Nothing is known of this individual; he donated a club from Niue; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Second collection

Carruthers, James; Biography: James Carruthers was an Irish antiquarian and numismatist based in Belfast, his collection was sold in 1857 by Sotheby's. According to another article his address was 4 Glenfield Place, Belfast. See: 'The Carruthers' Collection', 1st January, 1857. Irish Antiquities by W. G. S. Source: The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Sixth Series, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Jun. 30, 1922), pp. 81-82 Published by: Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25513247.; Dates: No specific dates known died by 1857; Collection: Second collection

Cartailhac, Émile; Biography: French archaeologist, one of the founding fathers of the studies of prehistoric cave art; Dates: 1845-1921; Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Émile_Cartailhac; Collection: Second collection

Carter and Company; Biography: 'Decorative potters' from Poole, Dorset. Now known as Poole Pottery. It was founded in 1873 on Poole quayside. It was originally "Carter's Industrial Tile Manufactory"; Dates: From 1873; Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poole_Pottery; Collection: Second collection

Cartwright, Mrs; Biography: Lived at Upwood near Handley. She seems to have been a cat breeder according to the following website 'Amongst the names of our oldest smoke breeders who still continue to breed I may mention Mrs. Cartwright, of Upwood. In 1895 this lady showed smokes at Cruft's show bred from her "Timkins." The Upwood cats are very pure in colour...' She is possibly Mildred Cartwright listed in the 1901 census born in Sturminster Marshall in Dorset, living in Handley and aged 42. A relative (probably husband) still lived in Upwood in 1939 (Colonel H.A.C. Cartwright). [qv]; Dates: No specific dates known; Source: http://chestofbooks.com/animals/cats/Book/Smokes.html; Collection: Second collection

Cartwright, probably H.A.; Biography: of Upwood, Sixpenny Handley in Dorset. Listed in the 1901 census as H.A. Cartwright born in London and living in Handley Dorset, described as a 'retired captain' aged 43. Possibly the Colonel H.A.C. Cartwright of Upwood, mentioned in 'The Folklore of Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, Part I' by Aubrey L. Parke in Folklore, Vol. 74, No. 3 (Autumn, 1963), pp. 481-487. Relative of Mrs Cartwright, qv.; Dates: ?1858-?; Collection: Second collection

Castellani collection; Biography: The Louvre says 'The son of a goldsmith, Fortunato Pio Castellani (1793-1865) opened his own workshop in 1814 at a time when French jewelry was fashionable. He quickly became known for his parures decorated with precious stones. ... Between 1848 and 1850, his two sons Alessandro (1824-1883) and Augusto (1829-1914) gradually took over the family workshop and the sale of jewelry. In around 1860, Alessandro, forced into exile for political reasons, became the ambassador for Castellani jewels throughout Europe, as well as the United States. He opened shops in Paris and London, and he founded a workshop in Naples that would be taken over in 1870 by Giacinto Melillo, who also made beautiful archaeological jewelry. ... The Castellanis began collecting ancient jewelry in the early 1850s. They made numerous purchases after the sale of the Campana collection, which they attempted in numerous ways to keep in Rome and whose departure for France they regretted. Following Fortunato Pio’s death in 1865, his jewelry collection was shared between his two sons Alessandro and Augusto. Alessandro sold his share to the British Museum in 1872. Augusto's share was given in 1919, after his death, to the museum at the Villa Giulia by his son Alfredo. It was put on display there in 1929.'; Dates: see biography; Source: here Collection: Second collection

Castleman, Henry Charles Fuidge; Biography: In the 1901 census a Henry C.F. Castleman is listed as living in Chettle Lodge with his brother and family. He is described as 'living on his own means', single and aged 28. He is obviously living at home with his widowed mother and family. The head of the household, his brother, is described as a 'gentleman farmer'. He seems to have been a crime fiction writer see http://www.crimefictioniv.com/Part_7.html; Dates: 1873-1927; Source: here; Collection: Second collection

Caughley / Salopian; Biography: Pottery manufacturers, Thomas Turner or Ambrose Gallimore; Dates: c 1750 - 1820; Source: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22873; Collection: Second collection

Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, William John Cavendish; Biography: Probably William John Cavendish Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, Duke of Portland; Dates: 1800-1879; Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck,_5th_Duke_of_Portland; Collection: Second collection

Ceaudouin, Captain ?; Biography: Presumably a French mariner in Nouvelle Caledonie, but no reference can be found to the book supposedly written by him 'Rapportee de la nouvelle Caledonie', his name might be mistranscribed.; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Cesnola, Alessandro Palma di; Biography: Brother of Luigi, conducted excavations at Paphos where he was US vice-consul.; Dates: 1839-1914; Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Palma_di_Cesnola; Collection: Founding collection, PRM and second collection

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di; Biography: Italian-American soldier and archaeologist who was US consul to Cyprus [1865-1877] where he carried out extensive excavations. He was Director of the Metropolitan Museum, New York from 1879. cf Glyn Daniel 'A short history of Archaeology' 1981 p130.; Dates: 1832-1904; Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Palma_di_Cesnola; Collection: Founding collection, PRM and second collection

Cetshwayo kaMpande; Biography: King of the Zulu nation; Dates: circa 1826-1884; Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetshwayo_kaMpande; Collection: Second collection

Ceylon Exhibition 1886; Biography: Hagenbeck's Ceylon Exhibition, held at the Agricultural Hall during July 1886, It was less an exhibition than a circus with elephants, jesters, etc. See The Times, 5 July 1886. ?Part of Colonial & Indian Exhibition, held at South Kensington, London, in 1886.; Dates: July 1886; Collection: Second collection

Chadwick; Biography: The individual found a bronze object in the park at Rushmore in October 1899; nothing else is known. In the 1901 census there do not appear to have been many male Chadwicks resident in Dorset or Wiltshire, and none of them match this entry.; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Second collection

Chaillu, Paul Belloni du; Biography: French-American explorer and natural historian.; Dates: 1831-1903; Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Belloni_Du_Chaillu; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Chelsea porcelain; Biography: Chelsea porcelain manufactory was established in the 1740s. Chelsea was known for its figures inspired by Sevres and Meissen.; Dates: Active cira 1743-1769; Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_porcelain; Collection: Second collection

Chester, Greville John; Biography: Clergyman and antiquarian, particularly interested in Egyptology, he travelled abroad every winter. Friend of Flinders Petrie [qv]. Author of the 'Catalogue of the Egyptian antiquities in the Ashmolean Museum' (Oxford, 1881); Dates: 1831-1892; Collection: Founding collection, PRM and second collection

Chown, Susan; Biography: A kitchenmaid at Rushmore according to the catalogue, nothing further is known of this individual. Possibly Susan Chown aged 58 listed in the 1901 census living in Gillingham, Dorset. She appears in each of the previous censuses under the same name at the same place; Dates: Possibly 1843-?; Collection: Second collection

Christian, Percy; Biography: He was a resident in Cyprus, involved in the British Museum's Turner Trust excavations on the island between 1894 and 1896; Dates: No specific dates known, active 1894-1924; Collection: Second collection

Christie; Biography: Auction house established at the latest by 1766 in England; Dates: From c 1759; Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christies; Collection: Second collection

Christy, Henry; Biography: Ethnographic collector and antiquarian, his collection formed a large part of the BM's ethnographic department.; Dates: 1810-1865; Source: www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5375; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Churchill, Henry Adrian; Biography: Consul in Iran and amateur archaeologist of ancient Mesopotamia, not much is known about him.; Dates: 1828-1886; Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Adrian_Churchill; Collection: Second collection

Clack, T.A.S.; Biography: Nothing is known of this collector, presumably an antiquarian and collector. He is associated with a number of items from Australia bought on Cape York, Queensland; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Clark possibly Clerke, J.S. possibly John; Biography: Of Skibbereen, presumably an antiquarian and collector. The yew trumpet was collected from near Skibbereen. I am very grateful to Brendan McCarthy from the Skibbereen Historical Society who suggested that this might in fact be John Clerke, who was a bank manager at Skibbereen at the time. He was the father of renowned Clerke sisters, Ellen and Agnes, who were pioneers in the field of studying astronomy and other sciences in the area. Brendan and his fellow society members are undertaking more research about the family which might confirm the connection. The wikipedia entry for Agnes Clerke gives her father's second name as Willis whereas the entry says 'S.' so this might not be the match.; Dates: Unknown active circa 1846-8; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Clark-Kennedy; Biography: The specific person or collection the catalogue entry refers to has not been identified, it is associated with items from southern Italy obtained by G.F. Lawrence [qv]; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Second collection

Clarke, Hyde; Biography: English engineer, and author, founder of the London and County Bank. He was interested in railways and philology; Dates: 1815-1895; Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyde_Clarke; Collection: Second collection

Clement, Emile Louis Bruno; Biography: Collector of ethnographic and natural history specimens, born in Muskau in Silesia. He became better known for collecting in Australia. Dr Clement pursued a variety of occupations, including archaeologist, teacher, naturalist, mining engineer, ethnographer, children's book author, and ethnographic dealer. He was a major dealer and collector, based in Paris. ['A Biographical Dictionary of Nineteenth Century Antique and Curiosity Dealers' M. Westgarth: 2009 special issue Journal of Regional Furniture]; Dates: 1844-1928; Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Clement; Collection: Second collection

Clutterbuck, James Charles; Biography: Antiquarian. Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. Vicar of Long Wittenham, Berkshire [now Oxon] and Rural Dean of Abingdon.; Dates: 1801-1885; Source: http://clutterbuckorg.blogspot.com/; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Cochrane, Lord; Biography: Possibly Thomas Barnes Cochrane, 11th Earl of Dundonald. Served in Army. Lord Cochrane is associated with a number of items collected by Thomas Joseph Hutchinson [qv] and himself in Peru, see 'Explorations among the Ruins of Pachacamac, Peru' by John Schumacher in Journal of the American Geographical Society of New York, Vol. 5, (1874), pp. 248-255 which discusses the expedition; Dates: ?1814-1885; Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Barnes_Cochrane,_11th_Earl_of_Dundonald; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Cockburn, John; Biography: Archaeologist who found several stone implements with John Henry Rivett-Carnac [qv]. Nothing is known of him. Author of several articles in the Journal of the Anthropological Institute on his archaeological work in India. Donated 12 stone tools to the British Museum in 1894. He seems to have worked with Archibald Campbell Carlyle as well. He is connected with work in Mirzapur among other places.; Dates: Unknown active 1883-1899; Collection: Second collection

Codrington, General (probably William John Codrington); Biography: Soldier.; Dates: ?1804-1884; Source: www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5800; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Coghlan, William Marcus; Biography: Resident in Aden from 1854-1863. Brigadier General, Sir. In Indian Army from 1820, associated with anti-slavery missions in Somalia; Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_representatives_at_Aden and BM database online Dates: 1803-1885; Collection: Founding collection

Coke, John Talbot; Biography: Colonel in the British Army, descendant of the founder of Pinxton Pottery. Resident of Debdale Hall, Nottinghamshire; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Second collection

Colbold, E.S. (or E.S. Cobbold); Biography: Nothing is known of this collector who is associated with a pipe from the 'Hottentot'; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Cole, George Vicat; Biography: English Artist. Many of his subjects were based in Surrey, Sussex and along the banks of the Thames. His father and son were also both artists.; Dates: 1833-1893; Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Vicat_Cole; Collection: Second collection

Collins, Miss; Biography: Nothing is known for sure about this owner except she is connected to a New Zealand axe blade which she gave to Robert Day [qv]; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Collins, Osborn; Biography: Bicycle repairers of Serpentine Road, Poole. Nothing is known of them. It is an unusual first name and a person with the same name is listed in the 1901 census as being the District Manager of Star Life Acc & Society [sic] aged 34 and born in Dorset Weymouth, this may well be the same person; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Second collection

Colnaghi & Company; Biography: Picture dealers; Dates: From 1783? to present; Source: http://www.colnaghi.co.uk/Colnaghi-History-DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=3; Collection: Second collection

Colonial & Indian Exhibition, 1886; Biography: Colonial & Indian Exhibition, held at South Kensington, London, in 1886.; Dates: 1886; Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_exhibition; Collection: Second collection

Colson à Mirecourt; Biography: Hurdy gurdy manufacturers based in Mirecourt called Colson, various bits of data about them on web.; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Comrie, Peter; Biography: Royal Navy surgeon, collected natural history specimens and anthropological data whilst on voyage to New Guinea in 1874 on HMS Basilisk. He wrote 'Anthropological Notes on New Guinea', The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 6, (1877), pp. 102 et seq; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Constable, Charles Golding; Biography: According to the DNB, John Constable's children inherited his life's work. The 'Captain Constable' referred to in the CUL volume might be Charles Golding Constable who, according to the entry in the Dictionary of National Biography, had gone to sea at the age of 14, and at the time of his father's death was on an East Indiaman bound for Bombay. [See DNB entry for father]; Dates: No specific dates known; Source: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6107; Collection: Second collection

Constable, John; Biography: English landscape artist; Dates: 1776-1837; Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Constable; Collection: Second collection

Conyngham, Albert Denison; Lord Londesborough; Biography: First Baron Londesborough. Politician and diplomat who served in Berlin, Vienna and Italy. He was Liberal MP for Canterbury. He was keen on archaeology and an art connoisseur. He was a fellow of the Royal Society and of the Society of Antiquaries. His antiquities were dispersed mainly in four London sales in 1879, 1884, and 1888 some 20 years after his death in 1860. See also Lady Londesborough [Ursula Bridgeman] qv. John Evans also acquired some objects from this collection [Macgregor (ed) 2008: 137]; Dates: 1805-1860; Source: www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7485; Collection: Second collection

Conyngham, Ursula Lucy Grace; Biography: The second Lady Londesborough, married to Albert Denison Conyngham, 1st Baron Londesborough. She was a daughter of Rear-Admiral Hon. Charles Bridgeman. She had six children. She later married Lord Otho Augustus FitzGerald; Dates: ?-1883; Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Otho_FitzGerald; Collection: Second collection

Cook and Co. (G. and D.); Biography: of New Haven, Connecticut, they were armoured waistcoat makers, but seem also to have been carriage-makers.; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Cook, ?Charles; Biography: He worked on the Pitt-Rivers excavations at Woodyates, presumably as a labourer. In the 1891 census he is probably Charles Cook, aged 50, an agricultural labourer from Woodyates. In the 1901 census he is described as a farmer.; Dates: 1841?-?; Collection: Second collection

Cook, F.; Biography: Nothing is known of this collector. He obtained 2 sandstone specimens from Godalming, so he might have been interested in geology, and / or based around Godalming; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Second collection

Cooke, Marianne; Biography: Nothing is known of this collector except she was married. She gave votive rags from St Helens Well in West Yorkshire. 4 Marianne Cookes are listed in the 1871 census [the nearest one to the date we know she was living], one is aged 62 and living in Southwell, another is aged 33 and living in Steyning near Shoreham. The other two are too young to be married. In the 1861 census there is another Marianne Cooke [who disappears in 1871] who was 41 and lived in Newtown.; Dates: Unknown, active 1869; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Cools-Theysseus; Biography: Dealers, of Brussels; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Second collection

Coombs, Mr; Biography: Resident of Blandford Forum, Dorset; nothing else is known of him. There are two Coombs resident in the town in 1901: it could be James Coombs who is registered in the 1901 census as an inmate of the workhouse, aged 66 and a tailor; or Edmund George Coombs aged 37 who was a solicitor's clerk. However, it might also be someone not listed in the census. He is associated with several tools and a jug; Dates: Unknown active 1892; Collection: Second collection

Copeland & Garrett; Biography: Manufacturer of earthenwares, parian, fine porcelain etc. at Stoke.c.1833-47 Succeeding Messrs Spode.; Dates: circa 1833-1847; Source: http://www.thepotteries.org/mark/c/copeland.html; Collection: Second collection

Copeland, Mrs (Richard Copeland's widow); Biography: Nothing specific is known of this collector.; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Copeland, Richard; Biography: Naval captain who served on HMS Mastiff and Beacon; Dates: ?1791-1850; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Copenhagen Museum; Biography: Presumably Nationalmuseet, Denmark.; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Coray, Runger; Biography: Proprietor of a horse business in St Moritz, Switzerland; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Second collection

Correr, Teodoro; Biography: Count Teodoro Correr donated his private art collection to the city of Venice in 1830, it was used to found the Museo Correr; Dates: 1750-1830; Collection: Second collection

Cotton, William Alfred; Biography: Coin collector of Bromsgrove and presumably an antiquarian. Presumably author of 1885. The Coins, Tokens, and Medals of Worcestershire with illustrations and notes. Bromsgrove. [54 copies printed] and also 'Notes On Flint Chips And Pre-historic Phases At Tutnall, Near Bromsgrove' and 'Bromsgrove Church its history & antiquities ; with an account of the Sunday schools, churchyard, and cemetery' published in 1881, by Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., "Messenger" Pub. Co. (London, Bromsgrove); Dates: ?1852-1889; Source: http://www.britishfarthings.com/Tokens/17th-Century/Worcestershire/Worcestershire.html; Collection: Second collection

Coulaux, Klingenthal; Biography: Swordmakers of Alsace.; Dates: No specific dates known; Source: http://users.skynet.be/euro-swords/klingenthal.htm; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Cousin, Jean; Biography: Jean Cousin [the elder and younger] were both French artists.; Dates: 1495-after 1560 or 1522-1594; Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Cousin_the_Elder; Collection: Second collection

Cowie, Mrs; Biography: Nothing is known for sure about this previous owner except she is associated with stone tools from Madras, India; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Cowie, Robert; Biography: Cabinet maker and furniture seller, 39 Queensferry Street, Edinburgh; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Second collection

Creech, Mr; Biography: ?Pitt-Rivers estate manager [see S&SWM Pitt-Rivers papers] Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Second collection

Crichton & Co.; Biography: Jewellers, silvermakers and dealers at 47 George Street, Edinburgh.; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Second collection

Crispe, Elisabeth Brigitta; Biography: Nothing is known of this previous owner of silver candlesticks; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Second collection

Crockett; Biography: Nothing is known of this presumed source, associated with a stone carving from Cerne Abbas abbey; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Second collection

Croker, Thomas Crofton; Biography: Irish antiquary; Dates: 1798-1854; Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Crofton_Croker; Collection: Second collection

Cross, ?William S.; Biography: It is possible that this is William Cross, a naturalist and importer of wild animals based in Cross' Menagerie and Museum, Earle Street, Liverpool. According to the following website, 'A major importer of animals for the zoological gardens and other collections of the United Kingdom he had agents in all parts of the world. Both Jamrach and Cross based their businesses at the docks specifically to be near shipping and no doubt encouraged the export of exotic species from far away places.' According to the 1901 census William S. Cross was born in Liverpool and aged 28.; Dates: ?1873-?; Source: http://www.fairground-heritage.org.uk/newsite/learn/learn-menageries.html; Collection: Second collection

Cross, Robert McKenzie; Biography: Botanic explorer.; Dates: 1834-1911; Source: http://scottishdisasters.tripod.com/robertmckenziecrossbotanicalexplorerkewgardens/id19.html; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Crown Agent of the Niger Coast Protectorate; Biography: Based in Downing Street, London. Described in Richard M. Kesner, 'Builders of empire: The role of the crown agents in imperial development, 1880-1914 'The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, Volume 5, Issue 3 May 1977 , pages 310 - 330 as 'The Crown Agents have no formal constitution and are not part of the UK Civil Service or the UK Government machine. The Crown Agents are simply ... individuals ... who have been appointed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to be Crown Agents ... on terms decided by him. ... The essence is that the Crown Agents act as business and financial agents for the governments of all territories for the administration of which the Secretary of State is ultimately responsible.' [p.311]; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Second collection

Crowther, J.; Biography: It is possible that the Crowther in this entry refers to Samuel Ajayi Crowther.; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Crystal Palace Great Exhibition; Biography: See numerous websites for further details.; Dates: 1851; Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Exhibition; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Cumming, Roualeyn George Gordon-; Biography: Explorer and lion hunter. He served in the East India Company but resigned his commission in 1840. He hunted in North America, and southern Africa. He established a museum at Fort Augustus, in Scotland.; Dates: 1820-1866; Source: www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6899; Collection: Second collection

Cunnington, Edward; Biography: Resident of Alma House, Weymouth. Possibly the son of William Cunnington, one of the famous archaeological family of Wiltshire. An Edward Cunnington excavated at Maiden Castle, Dorchester in 1882, this might be the same person; Dates: Possibly 1825-1916; Collection: Second collection

Cunnington, Mr; Biography: Probably William Cunnington or Henry [1820-1887] or Edward [1825-1916], one of the famous family of Wiltshire archaeologists. This time he was giving stone tools from the Broom gravels from Axminster; Dates: Unknown; Collection: Second collection

Cunnington, William; Biography: One of the famous family of Wiltshire archaeologists. He was interested in local geology and antiquities. He was a fellow of the Geological Society from 1854. He collected fossils, and was one of the founders of Devizes Museum, and an honorary curator from its opening in 1853. Later in life he moved to London. [See obituary William Cunnington, F.G.S.. Geological Magazine (Decade V), 3, pp 191-192doi:10.1017/S0016756800117996]; Dates: 1813-1906; Collection: Second collection

Cureton, Henry Osborne; Biography: 'Henry (Harry) Cureton (1785-1858) is listed as 'curiosity dealer' at 81 Aldersgate Street in 1829 and he is listed as 'medalist' at the same address in 1833. Cureton is listed as 'medallist and coin dealer' at 20 River Street, Myddleton Square, in the Post Office Directory for 1850. Cureton was listed as a member of the Numismatic Society in 1838. Cureton appears to have left the trade by 1851 and is believed to have worked in some capacity at the British Museum. Leigh, Sotheby & Wilkinson sold the 'Valuable Stock of Coins and Medals of Mr. Harry Osborn Cureton' on 17th February 1851. Cureton was the witness in a court case at the Old Bailey on 10th May 1852, when he stated 'I live in Pentonville, I was formerly in business in Aldersgate Street'. In 1854 the collector Charles Roach Smith mentions 'Mr. Harry Cureton, the well known and respectable coin dealer'. Cureton sold a large number of objects to the British Museum during the 1850s' Mark Westgarth, A Biographical Dictionary of Nineteenth Century Antique and Curiosity Dealers, (Regional Furniture, Special Issue, 2009). Associated with E. Wigan [qv]; Dates: 1785-1858; Collection: Founding collection, PRM and second collection

Curtis, Mr; Biography: Associated with a skull from Blandford Forum, Dorset: nothing is known of this individual. In the 1901 census there are only a few Curtises listed that might match this: Charles Herbert Curtis, assistant cutter, aged 20; Henry Francis Curtis an agent aged 25; Charles William Cutter, a tailor of outfitter [sic] aged 45; John Curtis aged 28, a brewers carter.; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Second collection

Cutforth; Biography: In catalogue listed as working at 2 Victoria Street. In the Edinburgh Gazette of 8 April 1890 there is a Charles Cutforth listed who worked in 181 Queen Victoria Street, City of London, and lived in 16 Nelson Street, Blackfriars Road, Surrey who was a timber merchant and general importer, this might be the same person.; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Second collection

Cutter, Eva; Biography: Eva Cutter was the daughter of William D. Cutter. She was an ethnographic and antiquities dealer based in Great Russell Street, London. She later became the professional and personal partner of W.D. Webster, qv. She eventually took over her father's firm during the 1890s. She retained her maiden name until 1922 according to 'Provenance ...' Waterfield and King, 2006.; Dates: Active 1892-1926 or after; Collection: Second collection

Cutter, William D.; Biography: London antique furniture and curiosities dealer based in 36 Great Russell Street, London WC1. Listed in Kelly's Directory for 1882. He is presumably related to the Eva Cutter [qv] According to "Provenance: Twelve collectors of ethnographic art in England 1760-1990" H Waterfield and JCH King Somogy Art Publishers Barbier-Mueller Museum 2006: 'Miss Cutter came from a well-known family who dealt in natural history and ethnography, at least as early as the 1860s. From about 1867 to 1900 the Cutters were involved in many hundreds of ethnographic transactions with the British Museum. Most were probably sales from William Cutter senior to AW Franks ..' See also 'A Biographical Dictionary of Nineteenth Century Antique and Curiosity Dealers' M. Westgarth: 2009 special issue Journal of Regional Furniture; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Second collection.

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