Augustus Wollaston Franks

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Augustus_Wollaston_Franks

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:awarded	gptkb:Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath
gptkbp:birthDate	1826-03-20
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Geneva,_Switzerland
gptkbp:burialPlace	gptkb:Highgate_Cemetery
gptkbp:contributedTo	expansion of the British Museum's ethnographic and medieval collections
gptkbp:deathDate	1897-05-21
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:educatedAt	gptkb:Eton_College gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:employer	gptkb:British_Museum
gptkbp:father	Augustus William Franks
gptkbp:hasSibling	Francis Franks
gptkbp:influenced	antiquarian studies museum curation practices
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Franks_Casket Franks Bequest expanding the British Museum's collections
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Royal_Society gptkb:Society_of_Antiquaries_of_London
gptkbp:mother	Frances Mary Franks
gptkbp:nationality	British
gptkbp:notableCollection	gptkb:Chinese_cuisine gptkb:ceramics gptkb:glass gptkb:Japanese_folklore gptkb:medieval_literature prehistoric antiquities ivories
gptkbp:notableWork	development of the British Museum's collections
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:antiquarian gptkb:museum_director gptkb:archaeologist
gptkbp:positionHeld	Keeper of British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography, British Museum
gptkbp:president	gptkb:Society_of_Antiquaries_of_London
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:A._W._Franks gptkb:British_Archaeological_Association
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Augustus Wollaston Franks