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A year in the life: 1874
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Month |
Day |
Event |
Source of information |
Notes |
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January |
No days |
Some items from Brittany appear to have been dated in this month, but it might be a mistake and mean January 1879 |
PRM accession book |
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January |
1 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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January |
11 |
Item acquired from South Africa, unclear whether date is field coll. date or Lane Fox acquisition |
PRM accession book |
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January |
13 |
Lane Fox present at a meeting of Anthropological Institute and contributes to discussion |
JAI 3, (1874): 476-81 |
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January |
21 |
Items from Italy, Turkey acquired |
PRM accession book |
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January |
24 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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January |
27 |
Lane Fox present at meeting of Anthropological Institute AGM and appointed vice president for 1874, on two committees [Priscan Archaeology as Chair and Descriptive Ethnography] |
JAI 3, (1874): 499-527 |
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February |
4 |
Lane Fox chairs meeting of Anthropological Institute, appointed to Pyschological Committee |
JAI 3, (1874): 1 |
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February |
10 |
Lane Fox present at meeting of Anthropological Institute, contributes to discussion |
JAI 4, (1875): 2-13 |
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February |
13 |
Items acquired from ?auction |
PRM Accession book |
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February |
14 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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February |
20 |
Items acquired from ?auction |
PRM Accession book |
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February |
24 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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March |
2 |
Item acquired from France |
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March |
3 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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March |
7 |
Items acquired from ?auction |
PRM Accession book |
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March |
18 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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April |
6 |
Lane Fox present at Easter Monday manoeuvres of Volunteers at Richmond |
The Times 7 April 1874 |
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April |
12, 14 or 15 |
Lane Fox's 47th birthday |
See 1827 for uncertainty about birthdate |
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April |
19 |
Items acquired from auction? |
PRM Accession book |
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May |
26 |
Lane Fox present at meeting of Anthropological Institute, contributes to discussion |
JAI 4 (1875): 148-214 |
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May |
30 |
Lane Fox holds field day for Surrey Volunteers |
Morning Post May 25 1874 p. 5 |
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June |
2 |
Lane Fox attends Grenadier Guards regimental dinner |
Morning Post June 9 1874 |
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June |
6 |
Peruvian objects acquired |
PRM Accession book |
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June |
9 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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June |
9 |
Lane Fox present at meeting of Anthropological Institute, contributes to discussion |
JAI 4 (1875): 215-222 |
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June |
18 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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June |
18 |
Lane Fox attends Wellington College speech day |
Morning Post June 19 1874 p.6 |
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June |
23 |
Lane Fox present at meeting of Anthropological Institute, contributes to discussion |
JAI 4 (1875): 265-76 |
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July |
1 |
Lane Fox attends special meeting of Anthropological Institute at his new Bethnal Green displays, gives paper on 'Principles of Classification' |
Thompson, 1977: 124; JAI 4 (1875): 293-308; Manchester Guardian 3 July 1874; Athenaeum 2433 13 June 1874 p. 799 |
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July |
1 |
Lane Fox's displays at Bethnal Green Museum open |
Thompson, 1977: 124 |
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July |
18 |
Lane Fox present at Volunteers parade at Wimbledon |
The Times 20 July 1874 |
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July |
24 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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August |
before 26 |
Lane Fox presides over Anthropological Section at British Association for the Advancement of Science [BAAS] in Belfast |
The Times 26 August 1874 |
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September |
21 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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September |
26 |
Items acquired from Japan from Inman |
PRM accession book |
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October |
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November |
10 |
Items acquired from William Henry Hudson |
PRM accession book |
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November |
10 |
Lane Fox present at meeting of Anthropological Institute, contributes to discussions |
JAI 4 (1875): 311-323; 323-335; 332 [Notes and Queries] |
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November |
24 |
Lane Fox present at meeting of Anthropological Institute, display items from Costa Rica |
JAI 4 (1875): 362-364 |
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November |
26 |
Items acquired from auction |
PRM accession book |
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November |
30 |
Delivery of items from Lane Fox to Bethnal Green |
Day or Van book known as Green book |
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December |
22 |
Paper on 'Early Modes of Navigation' given to Anthropological Institute. |
JAI 4 (1875): 399-437; Thompson, 1977: 38 |
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No days |
Excavations in Guildford |
Publications source unknown |
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No month |
No days |
Vice-president BAAS Anthropology section. |
Chapman, 1981: 400 |
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No month |
No days |
Notes and Queries published. Reputedly Lane Fox financed at least part of cost |
Petch, 2007: 22 |
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?No month |
?No day |
Possible excavation at Ynys Lyrad with W.O. Stanley? |
Bowden, 1991: 77, quoting Smith 1984, 1987. |
possibly during usual stay in North Wales in summer / autumn time either 1873 or 1874 |
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