See also:PITTANCE (through O. Fr. pitance, from See also:Lat. See also:pietas, loving-Kindness)
, properly a See also:gift to the members of a religious See also:house for masses, consisting usually of an extra See also:allowance of See also:food or See also:wine on occasions such as the anniversary of the donor's See also:death, festivals and the like
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The word was See also:early transferred to a charitable donation and to any small gift of food or See also:money
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See also:PITT-See also:RIVERS, See also:AUGUSTUS See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
HENRY See also:LANE-See also:FOX (1827-1900), See also:English soldier and archaeologist, son of W
.
A
.
Lane-Fox, was See also:born on the 14th of See also:April 1827
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It was not till 188o that he assumed the name of Pitt-Rivers, on inheriting the See also:Dorsetshire and See also:Wiltshire estates of his See also:great-See also:uncle, the second See also:Lord Rivers
.
Educated at See also:Sandhurst, he received a See also:commission in - the See also:Grenadier See also:Guards in 1845, being See also:captain 185o, See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel 1857, colonel 1867, See also:major-See also:general 1877 and lieutenant-general 1882
.
He served in the See also:Crimean See also:War, and was at the See also:Alma and the See also:siege of Sebastopol
.
His See also:- TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental
talent for experimental See also:research was utilized in investigation into
improvements of the See also:army See also:rifle, and he was largely responsible for starting the See also:Hythe School of Musketry
.
It is not, how-ever, for his military career, but for his See also:work as an anthropologist and archaeologist, that General Pitt-Rivers will be remembered
.
His See also:interest in the See also:evolution of the rifle early extended itself to other weapons and See also:instruments in the See also:history of See also:man, and he became a See also:collector of articles illustrating the development of human invention
.
His collection became famous, and, after being exhibited in 1874-1875 at the Bethnal See also:Green Museum, was presented in 1883 to the university of See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford
.
When, in 188o, General Pitt-Rivers obtained See also:possession of his great-uncle's estates—practically untouched by the excavator since they had been the battleground of the See also:West See also:Saxons, the See also:Romans and the Britons—he devoted himself to exploring them
.
His excavations See also:round Rushmore resulted in valuable " finds "; he founded a See also:local museum and published several illustrated volumes
.
As a scientific archaeologist he attained high See also:rank
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Oxford gave him the D.C.L. in 1886; he was See also:president of the Anthropological See also:Institute, and F.R.S
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He married, in 1853, Alice See also:Margaret, daughter of the second Lord See also:Stanley of Alderley, and had a numerous See also:family; his second daughter became in 1884 the wife of See also:Sir See also:John Lubbock (Lord See also:Avebury)
.
General Pitt-Rivers died at Rushmore on the 4th of May 1900
.
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