A year in the life: 1872

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Notes

[Late 1871-early 1872] No month

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Lane Fox helps organize Bronze Age Exhibition at Society of Antiquaries

Chapman, 1981: 356

 

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

 

February

 

 

 

 

March

18

Lane Fox attends meeting of Anthropological Institute and reports on findings from Normandy

JAI 2, (1873): 67-9

 

April

12, 14 or 15

Lane Fox's 45th birthday

See 1827 for uncertainty about birthdate

 

April

22

Lane Fox attends meeting of Royal Geographical Society

The Morning Post (London, England), Tuesday April 23, 1872 page 3

 

April

27

Lane Fox attends entertainment at Lady Sebright's in Grafton Street

Manchester Guardian 28 April 1872

 

April

27

Lane Fox attends conversazione at Royal Society at Burlington House

The Morning Post (London, England), April 29, 1872 page 3

 

May

 

 

 

 

June

6

Lane Fox does NOT attend meeting of Anthropological Institute

JAI 2, (1873): 201-205

 

June

13

Lane Fox loans valuable jewellery to Loan Exhibition of Jewellery

The Morning Post (London, England), June 13 1872 page 3

 

June

17

Report of Arctic committee to Anthropological Institute, not sure if Lane Fox present

JAI 2, (1873): 291-306

 

June

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Exhibition of musical instruments at South Kensington Museum. Lane Fox loans objects

The Times 5 June 1872, Chapman, 1991:153

 

June

18

Lane Fox at Wellington College Speech Day

The Times 19 June 1872

 

June

24

Official opening of Bethnal Green Museum

relevant website

 

July

 

 

 

 

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

 

September

29

Mention of antlers with prehistoric drawings on them in possession of Lane Fox

Manchester Guardian 29 September 1872

 

October

 

 

 

 

November

 

 

 

 

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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