Augustus Pitt Rivers
English army officer, ethnologist and archaeologist
Biography
Lieutenant-General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers (born Augustus Henry Lane-Fox; 14 April 1827 – 4 May 1900) was an English officer in the British Army, ethnologist, and archaeologist. He was noted for innovations in archaeological methodology, and in the museum display of archaeological and ethnological collections. His international collection of about 22,000 objects was the founding collection of the Pitt Rivers Museum at the University of Oxford, while his collection of English archaeology from the area around Stonehenge forms the basis of the collection at The Salisbury Museum in Wiltshire.
Throughout most of his life he used the surname Lane Fox, under which his early archaeological reports are published. In 1880 he adopted the Pitt Rivers name on inheriting from Lord Rivers (a cousin) an estate of more than 32,000 acres in Cranborne Chase.
His family name is often spelled as "Pitt-Rivers". His middle name is sometimes spelled as "Lane-Fox". The surname he adopted following the Royal Licence was Fox-Pitt-Rivers.
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Career highlights
Career & roles
- High Sheriff of Dorset
Family
- Spouse(s)
- Alice Stanley
- Children
- St. George Fox-PittGeraldine GroveDouglas Fox PittAlexander Edward Lane Fox-Pitt-RiversWilliam Augustus Lane Fox-PittUrsula Katharine Lane Lane FoxLionel Charles Lane Fox-PittAlice Augusta Laurentia Lane Fox-PittArthur Algenon Lane Fox-Pitt
- Parents
- William Augustus Lane FoxLady Caroline Douglas
Awards & honours (3)
- Fellow of the Royal Society
- Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
- Fellow of the Ethnological Society of London
Quick answers about Augustus Pitt Rivers
- How old was Augustus Pitt Rivers?
- Augustus Pitt Rivers died on May 4, 1900 at the age of 73.
- When is Augustus Pitt Rivers's birthday?
- Augustus Pitt Rivers was born on April 14, 1827.
- Where was Augustus Pitt Rivers born?
- Augustus Pitt Rivers was born in Bramham.
- What is Augustus Pitt Rivers's zodiac sign?
- Augustus Pitt Rivers's zodiac sign is Aries.
- What is Augustus Pitt Rivers's nationality?
- Augustus Pitt Rivers is a citizen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- What does Augustus Pitt Rivers do?
- Augustus Pitt Rivers is known as anthropologist, archaeologist, prehistorian, historian.
- Who has Augustus Pitt Rivers been married to?
- According to Wikidata, Augustus Pitt Rivers's spouse is or was Alice Stanley.
- How many children did Augustus Pitt Rivers have?
- Wikidata lists 9 children of Augustus Pitt Rivers.
