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Pitt-Rivers, Augustus Henry Lane-Fox. Son of W. A. Lane-Fox. B. April 14, 1827, D. May 4, 1900. English scientific archaeologist. Gåva av Gunnar Wennerberg. "- - - - General Pitt-Rivers served in the Crimean War - - - Presented in 1883 weapons and other things to the University of Oxford - -. Was one of the founders of the Hythe School of Musketry - -. 1880 - - great-uncle´s estates - - practically untouched - - battleground of the West Saxons, the Romans and the Britons - - -. Valuable "finds" in his excavations round Rushmore. - - - Founded a local museum at Rushmore. He received various honours including the F.R.S. - - - -" Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford. Founded: 1851, by General Pitt Rivers; attached to Oxford in 1883. ( Se "International Directory of Anthropological Institutions", sid. 172.)