Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1871.
Readers are reminded that this table is a work in progress and may be amended or added to at any time.
| Month | Day | Event | Source of Information | Notes |
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| August | No day | Tylor attends BAAS meeting in Edinburgh, he is unwell but has to give one of evening lectures | Megan Price pers comm. | |
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| [Autumn] | No day | Moseley joins Eclipse to Ceylon | DNB entry | |
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| Unspecified | Tylor publishes 2 volume Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Art, and Custom | DNB entry | ||
| Unspecified | Tylor elected Fellow of the Royal Society | DNB entry |
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| Unspecified | Moseley travels to Leipzig with Lankester to study under Professor Carl Ludwig | DNB entry |
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