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A year in the life: 1894
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March |
29 and on |
Pitt-Rivers excavating Wor Barrow |
Thompson, 1977: 127 |
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April |
12, 14 or 15 |
Pitt-Rivers' 67th birthday |
See 1827 for uncertainty about birthdate |
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April |
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Pitt-Rivers excavating Wor Barrow |
Thompson, 1977: 127 |
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May |
1-12 |
Pitt-Rivers excavating Wor Barrow |
Thompson, 1977: 127 |
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May |
2 |
Pitt-Rivers attends conversazione of Royal Society at Burlington House and exhibits 2 models of South Lodge Camp |
The Times 3 May 1894; Morning Post 3 May 1894 p. 2 |
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May |
28 |
Pitt-Rivers attends state concert at Buckingham Palace |
Morning Post 29 May 1894 p. 5 |
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May |
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Pitt-Rivers excavating Handley Down |
Bowden, 1991: 135 |
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May |
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Pitt-Rivers excavating Barrows 26, 27 |
Bowden, 1991: 135 |
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June |
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Pitt-Rivers excavating Handley Down |
Bowden, 1991: 135 |
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June |
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Pitt-Rivers excavating Barrows 26, 27 |
Bowden, 1991: 135 |
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June |
first week |
Pitt-Rivers due to lecture to National Home Reading Union's Summer Assembly |
British Architect 8 June 1894 p. 400 |
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July |
25 |
Pitt-Rivers signs a letter with many others concerning loss of archaeological remains created by proposed new dam of Nile |
The Times 25 July 1894 |
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July |
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Pitt-Rivers excavating Handley Down |
Bowden, 1991: 135 |
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August |
11-14 |
Pitt-Rivers attends British Association for the Advancement of Science [BAAS] meeting in Oxford |
University of California Tylor papers; CUL volume 3: 1014 |
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August |
11 |
Pitt-Rivers meets Tylors for dinner at Oxford BAAS meeting |
University of California Tylor papers |
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August |
13, 14 |
Pitt-Rivers meets Tylors for dinner at Oxford BAAS meeting |
University of California Tylor papers; Manchester Guardian 14 August 1894 |
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August |
30 |
Reference to Guide to Larmer Grounds. Paintings at King John's House and Pitt-Rivers finds from excavations at Farnham Museum |
The Times 30 August 1894 |
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August |
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Pitt-Rivers excavating Handley Down |
Bowden, 1991: 135 |
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September |
No days |
Pitt-Rivers excavating Handley Down |
Bowden, 1991: 135 |
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October |
No days |
Pitt-Rivers excavating Handley Down |
Bowden, 1991: 135 |
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November |
No days |
Pitt-Rivers excavating Handley Down |
Bowden, 1991: 135 |
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December |
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Pitt-Rivers publishes A short Guide to the Larmer Grounds, Rushmore; King John's House; the museum at Farnham; and neighbourhood (privately printed first edition) |
Thompson, 1977: 79 |
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Pitt-Rivers excavating nursery gardens on estate |
OW website |
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Pitt-Rivers excavating Barrows 26, 27, on estate |
OW website |
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Pitt-Rivers excavating King John's House on own estate |
Thompson, 1977: 85 |
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L-shaped extension added to Farnham Museum, doubling space |
Chapman, 1981: 532 |
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