Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1875.
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| Month | Day | Event | Source of Information | Notes |
| January | 26 | Pitt-Rivers elected President at Anthropological Institute AGM | JAI 4 (1875): 476-502 | |
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| May | 10 | Unanimous vote in Convocation to provide the grant of an annuity for George Rowell of £50 | Ovenell papers, Ashmolean Museum RFO/A/3/11 Ovenell transcriptions p. 76-7 | |
| May | 28 | Pitt-Rivers delivers lecture on 'The Evolution of Culture' to Royal Institution | Thompson, 1977: 40, 124 | |
| June | 9 | Tylor receives DCL from University of Oxford at Encaenia. The Tylors stay with Rolleston | Daily News, June 10 1875, ‘Encaenia at Oxford’; Megan Price pers comm. | Lubbock also received DCL on same day |
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| August | 28-31 | BAAS meeting at Bristol. Pitt-Rivers is vice-president of Biological Section. | The Times 28-31 August 1875 | |
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| Unspecified | Tylor awarded DCL by the University of Oxford | DNB entry | ||
| Unspecified | The Tylors holiday in Switzerland | Megan Price pers comm |
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