University
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
University in Cambridge. 8 people in the register connected with it.
History
- 1887After F. H. H. Guillemard pressed on returning from Cyprus for an expedition, the University considered a grant from the Worts Travelling Bachelor's Fund for the purpose; the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies was also approached
- November 1887Cyprus Exploration Fund founded; Cambridge was represented at the founding meeting by Dr Guillemard and H. B. Smith
- 1887–1888The University of Cambridge gave a GBP 150 grant, one of the three major initial funders (with the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies and the British School at Athens), supporting M. R. James of King's College to take part in the excavations (Leondari-Vouno, then Kouklia)
- 1888Guillemard gave the Fitzwilliam Museum items collected on his 1887 visit to Cyprus; the museum had bought 39 glass vessels in 1876 from Cesnola's deposit in the British Museum
- 1888An inscribed limestone tablet from the Paphos temple site (found 4 May) went to the Fitzwilliam Museum as a share of the Fund's finds
- 1892–1907Sir Henry Bulwer, himself a Cambridge alumnus, donated between 1892 and 1907 an important collection of objects, including items from Ohnefalsch-Richter's Tamassos excavations, and also gave the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Cypriot costumes and other ethnographica (the recipient of the Tamassos pieces is not named in the lines read)
Henry Ernest Gascoyne BulwerMax Ohnefalsch-RichterUlbrich & Kiely 2012
- 1927–1931James Stewart, Cambridge-educated, worked in Cyprus under the British School at Athens; Kiely places him among the key post-1927 figures with British connections
- 1989Paul Croft's unpublished Cambridge PhD thesis 'The Osteology of Neolithic and Chalcolithic Cyprus'
- 2011Philippa Steele completed her Cambridge PhD (BA, MPhil, PhD); she later directed the ERC project CREWS (2016-2021) and is principal investigator of VIEWS
People
8 peopleStaff and members · 6
- H. B. Smithother (1887–1887) · one of two Cambridge representatives (with Dr. Guillemard) at the founding meetingGardner et al. 1888, p. 1491887
- Paul Croftstudent (1989–1989) · PhD thesis 'The Osteology of Neolithic and Chalcolithic Cyprus' (1989, unpublished)Croft 19891989
- Philippa M. Steelestudent (2011–2011) · BA, MPhil, PhD (thesis 2011); later director of the ERC project CREWS (2016-2021) and PI of VIEWSPhilippa M. Steele (English…2011
- Francis Henry Hill Guillemardmember (1887–1889) · Reader in GeographyUlbrich & Kiely 2012Gardner et al. 1888, p. 149
- H. B. Smithmember (November–November 1887)Gardner et al. 1888, p. 149
- M. R. Jamesfellow (1887–1888)Ulbrich & Kiely 2012
Fieldwork · 1
- M. R. Jamesexcavator (1887–1888)Ulbrich & Kiely 2012
Donors and lenders · 1
- Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwerdonor (1892–1907)Ulbrich & Kiely 2012
On Ancient Cyprus
1 pageSources
- 1.Anja Ulbrich, Thomas Kiely (2012). “Britain and the Archaeology of Cyprus. I. The long 19th century”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42. Online
- 2.E. A. Gardner, D. G. Hogarth, M. R. James, R. Elsey Smith (1888). “Excavations in Cyprus, 1887-88”. Journal of Hellenic Studies 9, 147-271.
- 3.T. Kiely (2017). “Britain and the archaeology of Cyprus II: 1914 to the present day”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 47, 253-310. Online
- 4.P. Croft (1989). “The Osteology of Neolithic and Chalcolithic Cyprus”. University of Cambridge.
- 5.“Philippa M. Steele (English Wikipedia)”. Online
- 6.V. Karageorghis, E. Vassilika, P. Wilson (1999). The Art of Ancient Cyprus in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Nicosia, A. G. Leventis Foundation.