A year in the life: 1894

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Month

Day

Event

Source of information

Notes

January

 

 

 

 

February

 

 

 

 

March

29 and on

Pitt-Rivers excavating Wor Barrow

Thompson, 1977: 127

 

April

12, 14 or 15

Pitt-Rivers' 67th birthday

See 1827 for uncertainty about birthdate

 

April

No days

Pitt-Rivers excavating Wor Barrow

Thompson, 1977: 127

 

May

1-12

Pitt-Rivers excavating Wor Barrow

Thompson, 1977: 127

 

May

2

Pitt-Rivers attends conversazione of Royal Society at Burlington House and exhibits 2 models of South Lodge Camp

The Times 3 May 1894; Morning Post 3 May 1894 p. 2

 

May

28

Pitt-Rivers attends state concert at Buckingham Palace

Morning Post 29 May 1894 p. 5

 

May

No days

Pitt-Rivers excavating Handley Down

Bowden, 1991: 135

 

May

No days

Pitt-Rivers excavating Barrows 26, 27

Bowden, 1991: 135

 

June

No days

Pitt-Rivers excavating Handley Down

Bowden, 1991: 135

 

June

No days

Pitt-Rivers excavating Barrows 26, 27

Bowden, 1991: 135

 

June

first week

Pitt-Rivers due to lecture to National Home Reading Union's Summer Assembly

British Architect 8 June 1894 p. 400

 

July

25

Pitt-Rivers signs a letter with many others concerning loss of archaeological remains created by proposed new dam of Nile

The Times 25 July 1894

 

July

No days

Pitt-Rivers excavating Handley Down

Bowden, 1991: 135

 

August

11-14

Pitt-Rivers attends British Association for the Advancement of Science [BAAS] meeting in Oxford

University of California Tylor papers; CUL volume 3: 1014

 

August

11

Pitt-Rivers meets Tylors for dinner at Oxford BAAS meeting

University of California Tylor papers

 

August

13, 14

Pitt-Rivers meets Tylors for dinner at Oxford BAAS meeting

University of California Tylor papers; Manchester Guardian 14 August 1894

 

August

30

Reference to Guide to Larmer Grounds. Paintings at King John's House and Pitt-Rivers finds from excavations at Farnham Museum

The Times 30 August 1894

 

August

No days

Pitt-Rivers excavating Handley Down

Bowden, 1991: 135

 

September

No days

Pitt-Rivers excavating Handley Down

Bowden, 1991: 135

 

October

No days

Pitt-Rivers excavating Handley Down

Bowden, 1991: 135

 

November

No days

Pitt-Rivers excavating Handley Down

Bowden, 1991: 135

 

December

 

 

 

 

No month

No day

Pitt-Rivers publishes A short Guide to the Larmer Grounds, Rushmore; King John's House; the museum at Farnham; and neighbourhood (privately printed first edition)

Thompson, 1977: 79

 

No month

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Pitt-Rivers excavating nursery gardens on estate

OW website

 

No month

No days

Pitt-Rivers excavating Barrows 26, 27, on estate

OW website

 

No month

No days

Pitt-Rivers excavating King John's House on own estate

Thompson, 1977: 85

 

No month

No days

L-shaped extension added to Farnham Museum, doubling space

Chapman, 1981: 532

 

 

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