Pitt-Rivers

/ ˈpɪtˈrɪvəz /

noun

1. Augustus Henry Lane Fox. 1827–1900, British archaeologist; first inspector of ancient monuments (1882): assembled a major anthropological collection of tools and weapons (now in the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford)

Example Sentences

The earliest recorded mention of the Cerne Abbas Giant, which was gifted to the National Trust in 1920 by the Pitt-Rivers family, was in 1694.

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The National Trust is planning events to celebrate 100 years of ownership of the figure, which was given to the trust by the Pitt-Rivers family in July 1920.

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Julian Pitt-Rivers, a British anthropologist who published a classic study of a traditional Andalusian community in the early 1950s, wrote that it was common in the rural south for children from impoverished families to be sent to the mountains to look after sheep and goats in exchange for money.

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The treatment meted out to people like Peter Wildeblood and Michael Pitt-Rivers meant it was not a good time to be a 14-year-old and gay.

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A blue plaque on the front of the property says the building was the home of soldier and archaeologist Lt Gen Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers between 1827 and 1900.

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