General Augustus Pitt-Rivers

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Royal_Military_Academy,_Woolwich
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:British_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science
gptkbp:awards Order of the Bath
gptkbp:birthDate 1827-02-14
gptkbp:birthPlace Wimborne_Minster,_Dorset,_England
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:contribution development of archaeological methodology
gptkbp:deathDate 1900-05-04
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:exhibits gptkb:Pitt_Rivers_Museum
gptkbp:field archaeology
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Augustus_Henry_Lane_Fox_Pitt-Rivers
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Augustus Pitt-Rivers
gptkbp:influenced modern archaeology
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Charles_Lyell
gptkbp:involved archaeological surveys
excavation of ancient sites
gptkbp:knownFor systematic excavation techniques
gptkbp:legacy influence on future archaeologists
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Indian_Rebellion_of_1857
gptkb:Crimean_War
Second Anglo-Afghan War
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableEvent establishment_of_the_Pitt_Rivers_Museum
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Pitt-Rivers_Museum
gptkbp:occupation archaeologist
gptkbp:rank Major General
gptkbp:researchFocus prehistoric archaeology
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Pitt-Rivers
gptkbp:workLocation excavation_of_the_site_of_the_prehistoric_burial_mound_at_Stonehenge.
excavation_of_the_site_of_the_Roman_villa_at_Woodcuts
excavation_of_the_site_of_the_Bronze_Age_barrow_at_Trowbridge
excavation_of_the_site_of_the_Anglo-Saxon_cemetery_at_Wessex
excavation_of_the_site_of_the_prehistoric_settlement_at_Durrington_Walls
excavation_of_the_site_of_the_Iron_Age_hillfort_at_Maiden_Castle
excavation_of_the_site_of_Cranborne_Chase
excavation_of_the_site_of_Silbury_Hill
excavation_of_the_site_of_Stonehenge
excavation_of_the_site_of_the_medieval_settlement_at_Old_Sarum
excavation_of_the_site_of_the_Neolithic_long_barrow_at_Winterbourne_Stoke
excavation_of_the_site_of_the_Roman_villa_at_Laverstock
excavation_of_the_site_of_the_Roman_fort_at_Old_Sarum
excavation_of_the_site_of_the_Neolithic_causewayed_enclosure_at_Windmill_Hill