Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1909.
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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| February | ||||
| March | No day | E.F. Bayzand dies | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1909 | |
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| May | 22 | Professor Thomson writes to Balfour sending an item for Delegates meeting regarding the inadequacy of the stipend of the Curator of the PRM [ie Balfour] | PRM ms collections, PRM papers Box Foundation of PRM | |
| June | 8 | Committee established to review Balfour's stipend | See January 1910 | |
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| December | No day | George Kettle appointed to replace Bayzand as museum assistant | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1909 | |
| December | No day | Tylor tenders resignation as Professor | DNB entry; Times of December 10 1909 and in the Athenaeum of December 18 1909 | |
| December | 1/ 8 | Notice of approval of Convocation on 1.12.1909 of Balfour's appointment to post of secretary to the Delegates | PRM ms collections PRM papers Box 1 Foundation of PRM | |
| Unspecified | Balfour elected president of the Museums Association | Relational Museum timelines / Fran Larson pers comm | ||
| Unspecified | Francis Howe Seymour Knowles is appointed assistant to Arthur Thomson in teaching physical anthropology | Relational Museum timelines | ||
| Unspecified | Barbara Freire-Marecco continues to volunteer at PRM working on the 'Magic' series | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1909 | ||
| Unspecified | Balfour appointed as examiner for Diploma in Anthropology | Relational Museum timelines | ||
| Unspecified | Displays worked on during the year: Stone implements, lighting, archery | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1909 | ||
| Unspecified | Balfour continues (in this and subsequent years) to give lectures to Diploma students and probationers of the Sudan Civil Service | Annual Report 1909 | ||
| Unspecified | Diploma of Anthropology recognized by University Statute as equivalent to two pass subjects which could count towards students' Second Public Examination in the Bachelor of Arts degree. | Committee for Anthropology Annual Report 1909, OUA, DC 1/2/3, paper 53 | ||
| Unspecified | Oxford University Anthropological Society formed, Marett is among the founder members as are ... | DNB entry |
