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A year in the life: 1872
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Lane Fox helps organize Bronze Age Exhibition at Society of Antiquaries |
Chapman, 1981: 356 |
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January |
18 |
Lane Fox and A.W. Franks give paper on Neolithic and Savage Implements to Society of Antiquaries |
The Morning Post (London, England), Saturday, January 13, 1872 |
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February |
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March |
18 |
Lane Fox attends meeting of Anthropological Institute and reports on findings from Normandy |
JAI 2, (1873): 67-9 |
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April |
12, 14 or 15 |
Lane Fox's 45th birthday |
See 1827 for uncertainty about birthdate |
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April |
22 |
Lane Fox attends meeting of Royal Geographical Society |
The Morning Post (London, England), Tuesday April 23, 1872 page 3 |
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April |
27 |
Lane Fox attends entertainment at Lady Sebright's in Grafton Street |
Manchester Guardian 28 April 1872 |
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April |
27 |
Lane Fox attends conversazione at Royal Society at Burlington House |
The Morning Post (London, England), April 29, 1872 page 3 |
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June |
6 |
Lane Fox does NOT attend meeting of Anthropological Institute |
JAI 2, (1873): 201-205 |
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June |
13 |
Lane Fox loans valuable jewellery to Loan Exhibition of Jewellery |
The Morning Post (London, England), June 13 1872 page 3 |
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June |
17 |
Report of Arctic committee to Anthropological Institute, not sure if Lane Fox present |
JAI 2, (1873): 291-306 |
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Exhibition of musical instruments at South Kensington Museum. Lane Fox loans objects |
The Times 5 June 1872, Chapman, 1991:153 |
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June |
18 |
Lane Fox at Wellington College Speech Day |
The Times 19 June 1872 |
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June |
24 |
Official opening of Bethnal Green Museum |
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August |
16 |
British Association for the Advancement of Science's [BAAS] meeting in Brighton. Lane Fox vice-president Anthropology section. Gives paper on the value of the study of material arts of 'primitives'. Excavations at Black Burgh, Dyke Road, Brighton. Presidential address to BAAS anthropological section, support for setting up joint committee of Geographical Society and Anthropological Institute to set up Notes and Queries |
Thompson, 1977: 51, 124, Chapman, 1981: 400, PRM accession book, The Times 17 August 1872. Petch, 2007: 21 |
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September |
29 |
Mention of antlers with prehistoric drawings on them in possession of Lane Fox |
Manchester Guardian 29 September 1872 |
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December |
3 |
Lane Fox attends meeting Anthropological Institute and gives paper on stone celts, and report on BAAS meeting |
JAI 2, (1873): 348-50 |
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Lane Fox obtains items from Belcher collection |
PRM accession book |
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Lane Fox contributes to first edition of Notes and Queries |
Chapman, 1981: 186-7; Petch, 2007 [a] |
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Lane Fox is member of Council of Anthropological Institute |
JAI 1, (1872): 400 |
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