Pitt-Rivers, Augustus Henry Lane Fox, (1827-1900), Lieutenant General, anthropologist and archaeologist

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Surname:	Pitt-Rivers
Forenames:	Augustus Henry Lane Fox
Gender:	Male
Date:	1827-1900
History:	Lieutenant-general, anthropologist, and archaeologist. Assumed name of Pitt-Rivers in 1880. First Inspector of Ancient Monuments (1882).
Biography:	ODNB link for Rivers, Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt- (1827-1900) Lieutenant General Anthropologist Archaeologist
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275090 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P137603 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1666-2005: Records of Ancient Monuments Branches and Inspectorates
2	1878-1890: Office of Works: Ancient Monuments Inspectorate: Pitt Rivers' Sketch Books	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 39
3	professional and archaeological corresp and papers	Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum		NRA 20212
4	1791-1896: family and personal papers	Dorset History Centre	D-PIT	NRA 635
5	1878-90: archaeological sketchbooks (16 vols)	The National Archives	WORK39
6	notebooks (10 vols) rel to the archaeology of weapons	National Army Museum Templer Study Centre	6803/343	NRA 18641 Nat Army Mus misc
7	1867: MS notes on language and music	Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)	DD\SAS C2548/11	NRA 28398 Somerset Arch Soc
8	catalogue of the library at the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Farnham	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	MS Add. 9455 (addnl)	See Annual Return 2004
9	1882: memo on the teaching of anthropology	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Acland d 94
10	corresp with Sir Henry Dryden	Northamptonshire Archives Service		NRA 14253
11	c1950-2000: corresp rel to the Ancient Monuments Act 1882	Historic England Archive	GPR01	See Annual Return 2013