Augustus Pitt Rivers

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Augustus Pitt Rivers was a pioneering 19th-century British archaeologist and ethnologist known for developing systematic, evolutionary approaches to collecting and displaying artifacts, which laid foundations for modern museum anthropology.

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instanceOf British Army officer
archaeologist
ethnologist
human
museum founder
acquiredTitleBy inheritance of Rivers estate and title
alsoKnownAs A. H. Lane-Fox Pitt Rivers NERFINISHED
General Pitt Rivers NERFINISHED
birthName Augustus Henry Lane-Fox NERFINISHED
burialPlace Wimborne St Giles NERFINISHED
collectionsDonatedTo Pitt Rivers Museum NERFINISHED
University of Oxford NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1827-04-14
dateOfDeath 1900-05-04
educatedAt Royal Military College Sandhurst NERFINISHED
employer British Army NERFINISHED
era 19th century
familyName Lane-Fox NERFINISHED
Pitt Rivers NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork anthropology
archaeology
ethnology
museum studies
founded Pitt Rivers Museum founding collection NERFINISHED
fullName Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt Rivers NERFINISHED
givenName Augustus NERFINISHED
hasNotableWork Catalogue of the Anthropological Collection NERFINISHED
Excavations in Cranborne Chase NERFINISHED
On the Evolution of Culture NERFINISHED
influenced ethnographic collecting practices
museum anthropology
prehistoric archaeology
knownFor development of modern museum anthropology practices
evolutionary approach to material culture
founding the Pitt Rivers Museum collections
systematic archaeological excavation methods
typological arrangement of artifacts
memberOf Royal Society
Society of Antiquaries of London NERFINISHED
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank lieutenant general
nationality British
nobleTitle Baron Rivers NERFINISHED
notableIdea evolutionary sequence of material culture
typological series in artifact display
placeOfBirth England
London, England
surface form: London
placeOfDeath Dorset NERFINISHED
England
Wimborne St Giles NERFINISHED
positionHeld Inspector of Ancient Monuments
residence Cranborne Chase NERFINISHED
Rushmore House NERFINISHED
spouse Hon. Alice Margaret Stanley NERFINISHED

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Pitt Rivers Museum foundedBy Augustus Pitt Rivers
Pitt Rivers Museum namedAfter Augustus Pitt Rivers