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
General Pitt Rivers
birthName Augustus Henry Lane-Fox
burialPlace Wimborne St Giles
collectionsDonatedTo Pitt Rivers Museum
University of Oxford
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1827-04-14
dateOfDeath 1900-05-04
educatedAt Royal Military College Sandhurst
employer British Army
era 19th century
familyName Lane-Fox
Pitt Rivers
linked to: Pitt Rivers Museum
fieldOfWork anthropology
archaeology
ethnology
museum studies
founded Pitt Rivers Museum founding collection
linked to: Pitt Rivers Museum
fullName Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt Rivers
givenName Augustus
hasNotableWork Catalogue of the Anthropological Collection
Excavations in Cranborne Chase
On the Evolution of Culture
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
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank lieutenant general
nationality British
nobleTitle Baron Rivers
notableIdea evolutionary sequence of material culture
typological series in artifact display
placeOfBirth England
London
linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath Dorset
England
Wimborne St Giles
positionHeld Inspector of Ancient Monuments
residence Cranborne Chase
Rushmore House
spouse Hon. Alice Margaret Stanley

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Pitt Rivers Museum foundedBy Augustus Pitt Rivers
Pitt Rivers Museum namedAfter Augustus Pitt Rivers
Augustus Pitt Rivers fullName Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt Rivers
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Augustus Pitt Rivers alsoKnownAs General Pitt Rivers
linked to: Augustus Pitt Rivers
Augustus Pitt Rivers alsoKnownAs A. H. Lane-Fox Pitt Rivers
linked to: Augustus Pitt Rivers