Fitzwilliam Museum
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Fitzwilliam Museum
C19: named after the 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion, who donated the first collection
Example Sentences
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Helpfully, Naismith had "a powerhouse of early mediaeval numismatic research" on his doorstep: The Fitzwilliam Museum.
From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024
It was bought in the same year by the Very Reverend Eric Milner-White, Dean of York, who donated it to the Fitzwilliam Museum, where it is currently in storage.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2023
It recommended the University of Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum should give it back to his descendants.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2023
Their representative, James Palmer, the founder of the Mondex Corporation, called the British government and the Fitzwilliam Museum “exemplary in their proactive, respectful and moral treatment of this restitution claim.”
From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2023
A few tablets exist in the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge, the gift of Mr. Bosanquet.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)
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