Augustus Pitt Rivers
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Augustus Pitt Rivers was an anthropologist, best known for Antique works of art from Benin.
Quick Facts About Augustus Pitt Rivers
- Born
- April 14, 1827
- Died
- May 4, 1900
- Profession
- Anthropologist
- Notable works
- Antique works of art from Benin
About Augustus Pitt Rivers
Lieutenant-General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers 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.
Biography source: Wikipedia
