Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers

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Properties (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Anthropologist
Archaeologist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Christ_Church,_Oxford
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Pitt_Rivers_Museum
gptkb:Royal_Anthropological_Institute
gptkb:British_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science
gptkbp:awards Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
Fellow_of_the_Society_of_Antiquaries_of_London
gptkbp:birthDate 1827-02-24
gptkbp:birthPlace Wimborne_Minster,_Dorset,_England
gptkbp:children gptkb:William_Pitt-Rivers
gptkb:George_Pitt-Rivers
gptkb:Henry_Pitt-Rivers
gptkbp:contribution Developing systematic excavation techniques
Promoting the study of material culture
Establishing a museum for archaeological collections
gptkbp:deathDate 1900-05-04
gptkbp:field Anthropology
Archaeology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers
gptkbp:influenced Modern archaeology
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Charles_Lyell
gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkbp:involved Fieldwork_in_the_Pacific_Islands
Archaeological_excavations_in_Britain
Fieldwork_in_Egypt
Fieldwork_in_Ireland
Fieldwork_in_the_Americas
gptkbp:knownFor Pioneering work in archaeology
Establishing_the_Pitt_Rivers_Museum
gptkbp:legacy Influence on future generations of archaeologists
Establishment of archaeological methodologies
Promotion of anthropology as a discipline
Pitt_Rivers_Museum_as_a_research_center
gptkbp:notableWork The_Study_of_the_Evolution_of_Culture
The_Excavation_of_the_Barrow_at_Winterbourne_Kingston
gptkbp:occupation Military officer
Politician
Museum curator
gptkbp:residence gptkb:London,_England
gptkb:Oxford,_England
gptkb:Dorset,_England
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Ann_Pitt-Rivers