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A year in the life: 1887
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January |
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Pitt-Rivers excavating at Rotherley |
Thompson, 1977: 126 |
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January |
28 |
Pitt-Rivers' assistant sketching St Kilda sheep at Rushmore |
National Archives workbook 39/5 page 10 |
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February |
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Pitt-Rivers excavating at Rotherley |
Thompson, 1977: 126 |
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February |
5 |
Tylor begins course of lectures about Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford [PRM] |
Oxford Chronicle and Berks and Bucks Gazette |
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February |
7 |
Report on PRM published |
The Times 7 February 1887 |
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February |
By 7 |
First section of PRM, Oxford displays open to public |
Oxford Times, 12 February 1887; Times of London 7 February 1887 |
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March |
30 |
Pitt-Rivers attends reception of Marchioness of Salisbury |
Morning Post 31 March 1887 p. 5 |
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March |
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Pitt-Rivers excavating at Rotherley |
Thompson, 1977: 126 |
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April |
12, 14 or 15 |
Pitt-Rivers' 60th birthday |
See 1827 for uncertainty about birthdate |
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April |
No days |
Pitt-Rivers excavating at Rotherley |
Thompson, 1977: 126 |
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May |
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June |
28 |
Pitt-Rivers attends meeting of Anthropological Institute and reads paper about Rushmore excavations |
JAI 17 (1888): 190-201 |
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June |
29 |
Pitt-Rivers attends Queen's Garden Party at Buckingham Palace |
The Times 30 June 1887 |
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July |
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August |
2 |
Pitt-Rivers' inaugural address as President, Archaeological Institute, Salisbury |
Thompson, 1977: 126; The Times 4 August 1887 |
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August |
2-9 |
Pitt-Rivers attends Archaeological Institute meeting. Visit Old Sarum on 3 August, guided by Pitt-Rivers. On 8 August AI visits Rushmore and Farnham, and also Woodcutts excavations |
JAI, 17 (1888): 80; The Times 4, 6, 9 August 1887; Anthony Hamber |
See above |
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August / September |
29 August to 1 September |
Pitt-Rivers visiting Derbyshire and South Yorkshire as Inspector of Ancient Monuments |
Thompson, 1977: 126. National Archives Workbook 39/7 and 39/9 |
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September |
5 |
Pitt-Rivers pays for reprinting of Notes and Queries |
The Times 5 September 1887 |
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September |
6 |
British Association for the Advancement of Science [BAAS] meeting at Manchester, Dr Garson reads paper about Pitt-Rivers' excavations at Rushmore |
The Times 7 September 1887 |
Pitt-Rivers may not have attended meeting? |
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September |
17 |
Pitt-Rivers visiting Dorchester for the Amphitheatre], Maiden Castle, Stone Circle at Winterbourne Abbas, Hell stone circle near Portisham [sic], Stone Circle at Poxwell, Grey Mare and Colts (Long barrrow) |
National Archives workbook 39/9 |
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October |
From 9 to around 15.10.1887 |
Pitt-Rivers in Scotland, tour as part of duties of Inspector of Ancient Monuments: London to Whithorn for Rispain, (Roman Camp), Whithorn Priory for stone crosses, St Peter’s Stone near Whithorn, Chapel at the Isle of Whithorn, Port William for Barsalloch Fort, Drumtrodden [sic] standing stones, Cup marked stones at Drumtrodden [sic] Farm, Blairbowie Stones, Druchtag Moat [sic], White Cairn of the Airelich [sic], Wigton for Torhouse Circle, Glenluce for Wells of the Rees, Cairni-na-gat [sic] |
Thompson, 1977: 126. See National Archives workbook 39/5 and 39/8 PRM PR papers Box 3/1/1 account by PR of his travels as Inspector marked B5617/ 88 |
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October |
21 |
Moseley ill and unable to work on PRM displays; Acland asks Pitt-Rivers if he has any objection to Balfour remaining in post |
Letter from H.W. Acland to Pitt Rivers, 21 October 1887, 1885/1 History of OUMNH 1874-1902 Box 2, OUMNH archives |
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November |
4 |
Pitt-Rivers sends off Ancient Monument Report |
National Archives workbook 39/8 page 34 |
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December |
from 13 to 21 January 1888 |
In letter dated 13 December Pitt-Rivers tells Henry Acland he is printing plates of items in his collection and suggests Balfour visits him at Rushmore to discuss their production. In further letter dated 21 January he refers to Balfour seeing the plates so he has presumably visited by then |
PRM ms collections PRM papers Foundation volume letters |
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December |
29 |
Pitt-Rivers copies information held by Rev Jenkins, Penmachno as part of duties as Inspector of Ancient Monuments |
National Archives workbook 39/5 page 21 |
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Pitt-Rivers publishes first Cranborne Chase volume |
Thompson, 1977: 126 |
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Pitt-Rivers publishes‘Inaugural Address at the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institution held at Salisbury: Archaeological Journal 44 (1887),271; Presidential address at the Salisbury Meeting of the Royal Anthropological Institute Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine 24 (1887) 7-22 |
See relevant journal |
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BAAS recommends new edition of Notes and Queries be published by Anthropological Institute. |
Petch, 2007: 22 |
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Pitt-Rivers elected president of the Archaeological Institute for 1887 |
Chapman, 1981: 131 |
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Pitt-Rivers decides to buy Hinton St Mary, on Cranborne Chase estate, later used for older son, often mentioned in catalogue of second collection as location for objects after 1900. Tenant not asked to leave until February 1888 |
Bowden, 1991: 38-9 |
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Pitt-Rivers becomes Trustee of Blackmore Museum, Salisbury |
Adrian Green, Director S&SWM |
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