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

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Eanborcioteda, Joseph; Biography: Name of maker or owner of knife, nothing known. Name may have been mistranscribed; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Eastwood, may be George Eastwood; Biography: London antiques dealer, hoodwinked by forgers? See http://eastlondonhistory.com/the-billy-and-charley-fakes-part-1/; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Edie, Major possibly William; Biography: Major in 98th Regiment of Foot, British Army, who served in South Africa, no further details available. It could be the William Edie listed as a Captain in the regiment in 1839 who had enlisted on 29 November 1833. [A list of the officers of the army and of the corps of royal marines. War Office]; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Edkins, William; Biography: Collected pottery and porcelain which was sold via Sotheby's in 1891. He lived in Bristol according to the catalogue, and may have been a builder who donated pottery and glass to 'the nation' in 1887, see following website. He must be the William Edkins who is stated to have lived at 12 Charlotte Street, Bristol and who was associated with a ring-brooch in the British Museum; Dates: Possibly 1813-1891; Source: http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/edkins/edk00014.htm; Collection: Second collection

Edwards, H. Warren; Biography: Warren Edwards was the officer in charge of the Niger Expedition 1863-4 [Chapman, 1981: 192]; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Edwards, Mr; Biography: Nothing is known of this person who gave Pitt-Rivers items from Zululand, South Africa; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Second collection

Egger, H.; Biography: Some of the entries could also be H. Egger who was a major dealer with shops in Paris and Vienna ('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

Egger, Samuel; Biography: The British Museum has items from a Samuel Egger from the same sale [25 June 1891] so this must definitely the right person for that sale. He is described by the BM as a 'Doctor (in title), Austro-Hungarian male, active in the late nineteenth century'. Other websites suggest he was based in Vienna, but he seems to have been based in Pest (of Budapest), see website below which states: '(fl. 1857 -1890)Samuel Egger's "Budapester Manzen-, Mineralien-, und Antiquité ten-Comptoir" was operating at least as early as 1857. Originally he dealt only in rare coins and antiques, but later expanded to include mineral specimens. He was located at Herrengasse 5 in Budapest in 1867, and (as Egger S. & Co.) at Augustinerstr. 8 in 1888-1890. Dates: No specific dates known; Source: http://www.minrec.org/labels.asp?colid=496; Collection: Second collection

Elers pottery; Biography: John Philip Elers (1664-1738) and David Elers (1656-1742), who were potters who emigrated from Holland to England in 1688 and settled in Bradwell and Dimsdale in the Potteries; Dates: Active circa 1688-1942; Source: http://www.thepotteries.org/location/districts/bradwell3.htm; Collection: Second collection

Elkington & Company; Biography: Firm of electro-platers and silversmiths based in Birmingham and London with a retail branch at Regent Street, London, and founded by George Richards Elkington.; Dates: Active from circa 1836; Source: http://www.koopmanrareart.com/Elkington-DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=45&tabindex=44&artistid=5021; Collection: Second collection

Elliot, Mr; Biography: A missionary / clergyman of this name [Richard Elliot] was based in Demerara from 1813; this may be the same person.; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Employee of the Indo-European Telegraph Company; Biography: Nothing is known of this individual, not even his name. The Indo-European Telegraph Company was founded in 1868 to complete a line from Calcutta to London, it continued to provide a service until 1931 (with a break between 1914-1923).; Dates: No specific dates known; Source: http://atlantic-cable.com/CableCos/Indo-Eur/index.htm; Collection: Second collection

Epperam, Duke; Biography: Presumably a person of status from Gabon, no further details available.; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Eroli, Erulo; Biography: Italian painter and tapestry weaver; Dates: 1854-1916; Source: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erulo_Eroli; Collection: Second collection

Ethnological Society; Biography: The Ethnological Society of London.; Dates: No specific dates known; Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnological_Society_of_London; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Eurichsohn; Biography: Dealers or auction house of Waisenhausstrasse, Dresden, Germany; Dates: No specific dates known; Collection: Second collection

Evans, Alfred John; Biography: Son of John Evans [qv]. Archaeologist and Director of the Ashmolean Musuem. Famous for his excavations at Knossus; Dates: 1851-1941; Source: www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33032; Collection: Second collection

Evans, John; Biography: Archaeologist, numismatist, paper manufacturer and archaeological collector.; Dates: 1823-1908; Source: www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33040; Collection: Founding collection, PRM and second collection

Everett, Alfred Hart; Biography: Colonial administrator, Malaysia.; Dates: 1848-1898; Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hart_Everett; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Eworth, Hans; Biography: Flemish painter; Dates: circa 1520-1574; Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Eworth; Collection: Second collection

Eyre, Vincent; Biography: Army officer in East India Company.; Dates: 1811-1881; Source: www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9040; Collection: Founding collection, PRM

Eysser, J.A.; Biography: Firm of craftsmen who also sold their products based in Nürnberg, Germany. In 1882 J.A. Eysser (the company) was awarded a gold medal at the Bavarian trade fair and Georg Eysser bought a house in Nuremberg and used it as a warehouse for furniture and arts and crafts things. By 1890 the firm had 190 employees. My thanks to Elin Bornemann for translating the following website; Dates: From 1845-1906?; Source: http://www.zinnfiguren-bleifiguren.com/Firmengeschichten/Haffner/Eysser.htm; Collection: Second collection

Compiled by AP during RPR project 2009-2012