Pitt-Rivers

/ ˈpɪtˈrɪvəz /

noun

1. Pitt-RiversAugustus Henry Lane Fox18271900MBritishHISTORY: archaeologist 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

It enters all waters near the coast, and is caught on the rod in the Stave and Pitt Rivers.

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General Pitt Rivers estimated that 5000 men would be required to man the ramparts effectually.

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The credit of first applying this principle to art is due to General Pitt-Rivers.

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There is a very recent specimen in the Pitt Rivers collection, at the museum in Oxford.

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Such is the opinion that General Pitt Rivers expressed when he conducted me through his rooms.

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