See also:

• PITTANCE (through O. Fr. pitance, from Lat. pietas, loving-Kindness)

PITTANCE (through O. Fr. pitance, from See also:

• LAT

Lat. See also:

• PIETAS

pietas, loving-Kindness)  , properly a See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift to the members of a religious See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house for masses, consisting usually of an extra See also:

• ALLOWANCE (from "allow,' derived through 0. Fr. alouer from the two Lat. origins adlaudare, to praise, and allocare, to assign a place; so that the English word combined the general idea of "assigning with approval")

allowance of See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food or See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine on occasions such as the anniversary of the donor's See also:

• DEATH

death, festivals and the like . The word was See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early transferred to a charitable donation and to any small gift of food or See also:

• MONEY

money . See also:

• PITT, THOMAS (1653-1726)
• PITT, WILLIAM (1759-1806)

PITT-See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

RIVERS, See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

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, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

LANE-See also:

• FOX
• FOX, C
• FOX, CHARLES JAMES (1749-1806)
• FOX, EDWARD (c. 1496-1538)
• FOX, GEORGE (1624-1691)
• FOX, RICHARD (c. 1448-1528)
• FOX, ROBERT WERE (1789—1877)
• FOX, SIR STEPHEN (1627–1716)
• FOX, SIR WILLIAM (1812-1893)

FOX (1827-1900), See also:

• ENGLISH

English soldier and archaeologist, son of W . A . Lane-Fox, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 14th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1827 . It was not till 188o that he assumed the name of Pitt-Rivers, on inheriting the See also:

• DORSETSHIRE (DORSET)

Dorsetshire and See also:

• WILTSHIRE [WILTS]

Wiltshire estates of his See also:

• GREAT

great-See also:

• UNCLE

uncle, the second See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Rivers . Educated at See also:

• SANDHURST

Sandhurst, he received a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission in - the See also:

• GRENADIER

Grenadier See also:

• GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

Guards in 1845, being See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain 185o, See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel 1857, colonel 1867, See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general 1877 and lieutenant-general 1882 . He served in the See also:

• CRIMEAN

Crimean See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, and was at the See also:

• ALMA

Alma and the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

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 (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research was utilized in investigation into improvements of the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army See also:

• RIFLE

rifle, and he was largely responsible for starting the See also:

• HYTHE

Hythe School of Musketry . It is not, how-ever, for his military career, but for his See also:

• WORK

work as an anthropologist and archaeologist, that General Pitt-Rivers will be remembered . His See also:

• INTEREST

interest in the See also:

• EVOLUTION

evolution of the rifle early extended itself to other weapons and See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, and he became a See also:

• COLLECTOR

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, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

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
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of his great-uncle's estates—practically untouched by the excavator since they had been the battleground of the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• SAXONS

Saxons, the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans and the Britons—he devoted himself to exploring them . His excavations See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round Rushmore resulted in valuable " finds "; he founded a See also:

• LOCAL

local museum and published several illustrated volumes . As a scientific archaeologist he attained high See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank . Oxford gave him the D.C.L. in 1886; he was See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Anthropological See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute, and F.R.S . He married, in 1853, Alice See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret, daughter of the second Lord See also:

• STANLEY (FAMILY)
• STANLEY, ARTHUR PENRHYN (18x5–1881)
• STANLEY, EDWARD (1779-1849)
• STANLEY, SIR HENRY MORTON (184o-1904)
• STANLEY, SIR WILLIAM (1548-163o)
• STANLEY, THOMAS (1625-1678)

Stanley of Alderley, and had a numerous See also:

• FAMILY

family; his second daughter became in 1884 the wife of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Lubbock (Lord See also:

• AVEBURY
• AVEBURY, JOHN LUBBOCK, 1ST BARON (1834– )

Avebury) . General Pitt-Rivers died at Rushmore on the 4th of May 1900 .