George Pitt Rivers

GPTKB entity

Properties (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Archaeologist
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:British_Museum
gptkb:Royal_Anthropological_Institute
gptkbp:awards Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkbp:born 1825
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:contribution Development of archaeological methodology
Systematic collection of artifacts
gptkbp:died 1881
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkbp:field Anthropology
Archaeology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label George Pitt Rivers
gptkbp:influenced Museum studies
Modern archaeology
Curation_practices
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Charles_Lyell
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Pitt_Rivers_Museum
gptkbp:legacy Archaeological fieldwork techniques
Educational contributions to archaeology
Pitt_Rivers_Museum_collections
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableEvent Publication of 'The Evolution of Culture'
Excavation_of_the_Anglo-Saxon_cemetery_at_Wessex
Founding_of_the_Pitt_Rivers_Museum
gptkbp:notableWork Excavation_of_Cranborne_Chase
gptkbp:occupation Curator
gptkbp:researchFocus Prehistoric archaeology
Cultural anthropology
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Ann_Pitt_Rivers