Edith Pretty
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Edith Pretty was an English landowner and amateur archaeologist best known for initiating and funding the Sutton Hoo excavation that uncovered one of the most significant early medieval treasures in Britain.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edith Pretty canonical | 5 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English landowner
ⓘ
amateur archaeologist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1883-08-01 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Elland
ⓘ
surface form:
Elland, West Yorkshire, England
|
| burialPlace | All Saints’ Churchyard, Sutton, Suffolk, England ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| child | Robert Dempster Pretty ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Basil Brown
ⓘ
Charles Phillips ⓘ |
| commissionedExcavationOf |
Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England
ⓘ
surface form:
Sutton Hoo burial mounds
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1942-12-17 ⓘ |
| donated | Sutton Hoo treasure to the British nation ⓘ |
| donatedTo | British Museum ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Roedean School ⓘ |
| employed | Basil Brown ⓘ |
| familyName | Pretty ⓘ |
| fullName | Edith May Pretty ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Edith ⓘ |
| heritage | wealth from Dempster industrial family ⓘ |
| honor | offered Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE), which she declined ⓘ |
| influenced | development of early medieval archaeology in Britain ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Sutton Hoo treasure
ⓘ
surface form:
Sutton Hoo ship burial discovery
|
| legalEvent | subject of a 1939 inquest confirming Sutton Hoo finds as her property ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
funding the Sutton Hoo excavation
ⓘ
initiating the Sutton Hoo excavation ⓘ |
| occupation |
amateur archaeologist
ⓘ
landowner ⓘ |
| owned |
Sutton Hoo treasure
ⓘ
surface form:
Sutton Hoo estate
Tranmer House at Sutton Hoo ⓘ |
| parent |
Elizabeth Brunton Dempster
ⓘ
Robert Dempster ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Carey Mulligan
ⓘ
Ralph Fiennes ⓘ
surface form:
Ralph Fiennes (as part of dramatized relationship with Basil Brown in The Dig)
|
| portrayedIn |
The Dig
ⓘ
surface form:
The Dig (2021 film)
|
| religion | Spiritualism ⓘ |
| residence | Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England ⓘ |
| servedAs | volunteer in French Red Cross during World War I ⓘ |
| sibling | Elizabeth Dempster ⓘ |
| socialClass | upper middle class ⓘ |
| spouse | Frank Pretty ⓘ |
| subjectOf | biographical and archaeological studies on Sutton Hoo ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| yearOfMajorSuttonHooFinds | 1939 ⓘ |
| yearOfSuttonHooExcavationStart | 1938 ⓘ |
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