biography
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Pitt-Rivers, Augustus (Henry Lane-Fox)
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| lived:
| (1827–1900)
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| biography:
| British soldier and archaeologist, born at Hope Hall, Yorkshire, N England, UK. He trained at Sandhurst Military Academy, was a promoter of the Hythe school of musketry, and rose to the rank of lieutenant-general (1882). In 1880, he inherited Wiltshire estates, rich in Romano-British and Saxon remains, from his great-uncle, Lord Rivers, and devoted himself to archaeology, evolving a new scientific approach to excavation which became a model for later workers. He became the first inspector of ancient monuments in 1882. |
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