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A year in the life: 1893
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March |
3 |
Pitt-Rivers appointed Honorary Colonel, South Lancashire Regiment (see below) |
Gray, 1905: x; Bowden, 1991: 21-2 |
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March |
12 |
William, Pitt-Rivers' son, becomes engaged |
Manchester Guardian 12 March 1893 |
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April |
11 |
Announced Pitt-Rivers to be Colonel of Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) with effect from 3 March 1893 |
London Gazette (26391: 2168), The Times 12 April 1893 |
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April |
12, 14 or 15 |
Pitt-Rivers' 66th birthday |
See 1827 for uncertainty about birthdate |
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April |
27 and on |
Pitt-Rivers excavating South Lodge Camp |
Thompson, 1977: 127; Bowden, 1991: 126 |
First P-R excavations that were recorded using photographs according to Bowden |
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May |
29 |
Pitt-Rivers attends levée at St James's Palace |
The Times 30 May 1893; Morning Post 30 May 1893 p. 5 |
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May |
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Pitt-Rivers excavating South Lodge Camp |
Thompson, 1977: 127; Bowden, 1991: 126 |
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June |
No days |
Pitt-Rivers excavating South Lodge Camp |
Thompson, 1977: 127; Bowden, 1991: 126 |
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June |
7 |
Pitt-Rivers attends Royal Society's Ladies Night |
The Times 8 June 1893 |
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June |
30 |
Pitt-Rivers excavating trench through Barrow Pleck |
Bowden, 1991: 128 |
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July |
1-4 |
Pitt-Rivers excavating South Lodge Camp |
Thompson, 1977: 127; Bowden, 1991: 126 |
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July |
5 |
Pitt-Rivers attends garden party at Marlborough House in London |
Morning Post 6 July 1893 p. 6 |
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July |
14 |
Pitt-Rivers attends state concert at Buckingham Palace |
Morning Post 15 July 1893 p. 5 |
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July |
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Pitt-Rivers serves on committee to advise Glastonbury Antiquary Society on excavation of prehistoric marsh village |
Quarterly Notes on Archaeological Progress and Development., Reliquary, 7 (1893:July) p.182-3 |
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August |
10-24 |
Pitt-Rivers excavating Handley Hill |
Thompson, 1977: 127; Bowden, 1991: 126 |
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August - September |
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Pitt-Rivers excavating Barrows 23 and 24 |
Bowden, 1991: 130 |
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September |
11 and on |
Pitt-Rivers excavating Wor Barrow Ditch |
Thompson, 1977: 127; Bowden, 1991: 131 |
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October |
1-25 |
Pitt-Rivers excavating Wor Barrow Ditch |
Thompson, 1977: 127; Bowden, 1991: 131 |
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October |
No days |
Pitt-Rivers excavating Handley Down |
Bowden, 1991: 135 |
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November |
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Pitt-Rivers excavating Handley Down |
Bowden, 1991: 135 |
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December |
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Excavating Barrows 23, 24, on estate |
OW website |
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Pitt-Rivers publishes 'Excavations in the South Lodge Camp, Rushmore Park' Wiltshsire Archaeological Magazine 27 (1893) 206-22 |
See relevant journals |
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Pitt-Rivers elected President of Wiltshire Archaeological Society |
Gray, 1905: xxxiv |
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Herbert Toms starts work as Pitt-Rivers' assistant on Cranborne Chase excavations |
Bowden, 1991: 106 |
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