General Pitt-Rivers

GPTKB entity

Properties (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf person
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:British_Museum
gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Royal_Geographical_Society_Gold_Medal
Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkbp:birthDate 1827-02-24
gptkbp:children gptkb:George_Pitt-Rivers
gptkb:Henry_Lane-Fox_Pitt-Rivers
gptkbp:contribution establishment of archaeological standards
promotion of public archaeology
education in archaeology
development of fieldwork techniques
advancement_of_museum_practices
gptkbp:deathDate 1900-05-04
gptkbp:field archaeology
anthropology
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Augustus_Henry_Lane-Fox_Pitt-Rivers
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Pitt-Rivers
gptkbp:influence modern archaeology
museum curation
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Charles_Lyell
gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkbp:involved scientific societies
archaeological societies
gptkbp:involvedIn military service
archaeological expeditions
gptkbp:knownFor collection of artifacts
systematic excavation techniques
gptkbp:legacy educational contributions
archaeological methodology
Pitt-Rivers_Museum_collection
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:William_Flinders_Petrie
gptkb:Margaret_Murray
gptkb:Sir_Arthur_Evans
gptkb:Gertrude_Bell
gptkb:Sir_John_Lubbock
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Pitt-Rivers_Museum
gptkbp:occupation archaeologist
anthropologist
gptkbp:publications The Origin and Progress of the Art of War
The_History_of_the_Development_of_the_Human_Race
The_Evolution_of_Culture
Excavations_in_Cranborne_Chase
The_Archaeology_of_the_British_Isles
gptkbp:researchFocus cultural anthropology
prehistoric archaeology
gptkbp:residence gptkb:England
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Ann_Pitt-Rivers