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Falkland Warren

Falkland George Edgeworth Warren

1834–1908 · United Kingdom

Chief Secretary of British Cyprus who passed his own excavation permit in 1885, won the Frangissa lawsuit against Charles Watkins, and took more than 350 of the finds to Canada.

Biography

In August 1885 Falkland George Edgeworth Warren applied for a permit to excavate at Paraskevi, Pera and Acanthou. The application reached the Chief Clerk, W. H. Bennett, who sent it to the Chief Secretary, who was Warren himself. Warren referred it to the Honorary Secretary of the Cyprus Museum Committee, who was also Bennett; Bennett approved it, Warren gave the permission, and the High Commissioner countersigned4.

Chief Secretary and licence-holder

Warren was born in 1834 and entered the Royal Artillery in 1852. He served in India in 1857 and 1858, on the North-West Frontier in 1863 and in the Bhutan campaign of 1864 and 1865, and reached colonel in 18813. He came to Cyprus in the summer of 1878 as Assistant Commissioner at Larnaca, became Commissioner at Limassol that October, and on 1 August 1879 was made Chief Secretary to the government under Robert Biddulph and later Henry Bulwer1.

His collecting began at Limassol, where he swapped newspapers for tomb pots with Annie Brassey and arranged for her to pay for digs at Kourion5. In his report for 1879-80 Charles Newton thanked Warren, Claude Delaval Cobham and Herbert Kitchener for antiquities given to the British Museum, and noted a small trial excavation Warren had made at Amathus3.

Hans-Günter Buchholz judged that Warren never learned anything of field archaeology but knew how to find experienced local workmen. In 1883 he appears at Kourion as a licensed excavator who hired someone to direct the work for pay, the German Max Ohnefalsch-Richter, who was always short of money3. That year Ohnefalsch-Richter opened tombs at Kourion for Warren, Samuel Brown and others1. In the autumn of 1885 he dug the necropolis of Politiko-Alakati for Warren, which produced a Bichrome IV krater with myth and hunting scenes, now in the British Museum3. Relatives and contemporaries said that Warren lived on a grand scale and was constantly short of money3.

The Warren house stood near the Paphos Gate in Nicosia. W. H. Mallock stayed there and put the family into In an Enchanted Island with Warren as "Colonel Falkland", and at dessert, he wrote, a basket of prehistoric pottery was brought in3. In March 1889 thieves broke into the house and took coins, seals, scarabs and gold earrings3.

Frangissa and the lawsuit

Ohnefalsch-Richter found the sanctuary of Frangissa, near Pera, on 4 October 1885. Given writes that he reported it to Charles Watkins, a banker at Larnaca who also employed him, and not to Warren, and that Watkins applied for a permit4. Masson says he wrote to both men and that only Warren could answer1. On 15 October Warren visited the dig at Pera and Ohnefalsch-Richter let the site slip. According to the judge's later summing-up, Warren regarded it as inside his own permit and, after a stormy interview, ordered Ohnefalsch-Richter to dig for him there4. Digging ran from 17 October to 2 November and produced two bilingual inscriptions in Phoenician and Cypriot syllabic Greek (ICS 215 and 216), with limestone and terracotta statues1,4.

On 17 November Warren, as Chief Secretary, informed Watkins that his application was refused4. On 25 November, Given writes, Warren and the Assistant to the Chief Secretary, George Smith, called on Ohnefalsch-Richter, who afterwards wrote a declaration that Warren had a prior right; on 2 December Mrs Warren "advised" him to make a contract with the landowner in Warren's name, ante-dated to 4 October. Warren denied any knowledge of his wife's involvement4.

Watkins sued in December 1885 for a third of the finds on the strength of the landowner's rights, and a further third in damages for trespass4. His advocate, Ulick Burke, cited Article 17 of the Ottoman Antiquities Law of 1874, which forbade officials to excavate as private persons4. Warren was defended by William Collyer, the Queen's Advocate, and the judge was Charles Walpole of the Larnaca District Court4. Warren won and Watkins paid costs; the appeal was dismissed on 21 January 18861,4. Walpole said that Ohnefalsch-Richter had been "playing fast and loose with both Plaintiff and Defendant"4. Given reads the outcome as the colonial establishment protecting itself, since Collyer was Warren's subordinate and Walpole was junior to both men4.

The credit went to Warren. The two bilinguals were shown at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition of 1886 as his property, and a notice in the Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology said that he had discovered them4. Edward Carletti photographed the finds in Warren's courtyard under the caption "Excavations at Tamassos (Cyprus) by Colonel Warren R.A. in 1885"1. Ohnefalsch-Richter wrote to Arthur Evans that his honour "suffered by a partial judgement", and in March 1887 complained to Bulwer that Warren was working to have him removed as honorary curator of the Cyprus Museum3.

From Bloomsbury to British Columbia

Under the rules of the day the Frangissa finds were divided in three: the Museum's share, the excavator's or backer's, which meant Warren, and the landowner's, which Warren probably bought out1. The bulkiest pieces, among them the terracotta colossus, went to the Cyprus Museum1,4. Warren went on retired pay in June 188915 and left Cyprus on 13 July 1890 on three months' leave, from which he did not return3. After some time in London he left England for Canada in 18921,3.

Part of his collection stayed at the British Museum. Buchholz writes that the bilinguals never left its Western Asiatic department and that limestone sculptures, terracottas and a Geometric vase, long on loan, were bought in 1910, after his death3. Ulbrich and Kiely date the purchase of several of his bilinguals to 1892, through Rollin and Feuardent9.

In Canada Warren worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway, and the family, a wife, three sons and three daughters, lived in modest circumstances in British Columbia. The community of Falkland there is named after him3,20. In 1900 Theodore Marburg of Baltimore, a relative, bought 122 Cypriot pieces from him and gave them to Johns Hopkins University, among them 49 gold ornaments, 20 engraved stones, seals and gems, some 40 scarabs, and 13 cylinder seals, six with cuneiform inscriptions1,3. Masson reports that the Marburg collection seems to have been stolen from the university around 19501. Warren died in 1908, probably at Vancouver1.

The Frangissa material had gone with him. On 6 February 1894 he wrote to the Minister of Public Works from Grande Prairie, asking that the "Collection of Antiquities from an excavation of a Temple of Apollo made by me near Tamassus" be touched only by a competent restorer3. The National Art Gallery in Ottawa reported his gift of coins, pottery and antiquities in April 1895. The Frangissa pieces, over 350 in number, were passed in 1958 to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto and registered there as 958.612,3. Buchholz traced them there in 1979 by matching a damaged jug in the store to one in Carletti's photograph of 18853.

Life and work

  1. 1878
    Arrives in Cyprus in summer 1878; Assistant Commissioner at Larnaca, then (October) Commissioner at Limassol.

    CyprusMasson 1989, p. 29

  2. 1878
    At Limassol swaps newspapers with Lady Brassey for old pots and vases from the tombs.

    LimassolTaylor 2001, p. 242

  3. 1 August 1879
    Becomes Chief Secretary to the Government of Cyprus, a post that covered excavation and museum matters.

    NicosiaMasson 1989, p. 29

  4. 1879–1880
    Newton's report of 8 July 1880 thanks Warren, Cobham and Kitchener for collecting and presenting antiquities from Larnaca, Aradippou, Limassol and Amathus to the British Museum; Warren had also made a small test dig at Amathus.

    LondonBuchholz 2001, p. 208

  5. August 1880
    Lieutenant-Colonel F. G. E. Warren, R.A., among those made Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.

    The London Gazette, issue… 1880, p. 4509

  6. 1883–1884
    Ohnefalsch-Richter opens tombs at Kourion 'for Col. Warren, S. Brown and others'; Lady Brassey supplied funds through Warren; Warren sent her two very large hydriae.

    KourionMasson 1989, p. 30Taylor 2001, pp. 243-245Kiely & Merrillees 2012

  7. August 1885
    Applies for permission to dig at Paraskevi, Pera and Acanthou; as Chief Secretary he passes the application through his own office and grants it to himself.

    NicosiaGiven 2001, p. 255

  8. 17 October 1885 – 2 November 1885
    Ohnefalsch-Richter digs the sanctuary of Apollo at Frangissa for Warren, ordered by Warren to take the site that Watkins had applied for; two Phoenician-Cypriot bilinguals found. Warren visited on Sundays.

    PeraGiven 2001, pp. 255-260Masson 1989, pp. 29-34Buchholz 1991, p. 4

  9. 17 November 1885
    As Chief Secretary informs Watkins that his application to excavate Frangissa is rejected, the Museum having said it wished to dig there.

    NicosiaGiven 2001, p. 258

  10. 2 December 1885
    Mrs Falkland Warren visits Ohnefalsch-Richter and 'advises' him to make a contract for Frangissa in Warren's name, ante-dated to 4 October; he does so on 3 December.

    NicosiaGiven 2001, p. 258

  11. December 1885 – 21 January 1886
    Watkins v. Warren in the District Court of Larnaca (Judge Walpole), Warren defended by Queen's Advocate Collyer; Warren wins, Watkins pays costs; appeal dismissed 21 January 1886.

    LarnacaGiven 2001, pp. 255-260Masson 1989, p. 30 n. 13

  12. 1885
    Eight collective photographs of the Frangissa finds taken by E. A. Carletti in Warren's house, captioned 'Excavations at Tamassos (Cyprus) by Colonel Warren R.A. in 1885'; prints sent to the British Museum (7), Ottawa (6) and elsewhere.

    NicosiaBuchholz 1991, p. 6Masson 1989, p. 30

  13. December 1885 – January 1886
    Civil suitDefendant in Watkins v. Warren, District Court of Larnaca. Watkins sought one third of the Frangissa antiquities (landowner's right) and a further third in damages for trespass; Warren won, Watkins paid costs; appeal dismissed 21 January 1886. Watkins's advocate cited Article 17 of the 1874 Ottoman Antiquities Law forbidding officials to excavate as private persons. Given describes Warren as having used his office against a rival; the court found for Warren and the judge blamed Ohnefalsch-Richter.

    Given 2001, pp. 255-260Masson 1989, p. 30 n. 13

  14. 1886
    Lends the two Frangissa bilinguals and other antiquities to the Cyprus Court of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London; they are labelled as his property.

    LondonGiven 2001, p. 259Ulbrich & Kiely 2012

  15. 1886
    Sends the Bichrome IV krater from Politiko-Alakati to Col. Thynne, Grenadier Guards, and tells Newton he has been through three trials; postscript: 'Richter refused to give me the vase'. Buchholz elsewhere says Warren took it from Ohnefalsch-Richter's sealed room (BM C 736).

    LondonBuchholz 2001, p. 208Buchholz 1991, p. 7 n. 21

  16. 1886
    Civil suitWarren wrote to Newton that he had gone through three trials 'owing to that fellow Richter'. Buchholz suggests one was a claim against Ohnefalsch-Richter for the return of the Alakati krater; this is Buchholz's inference from a letter of Ohnefalsch-Richter to Evans (12 Feb 1886).

    Buchholz 2001, pp. 208-210

  17. 16 March 1887 – 18 March 1887
    Rider Haggard's notebook records viewings and/or purchases involving Colonel Falkland Warren on 16 and 18 March 1887.

    NicosiaKiely & Merrillees 2012

  18. 1887–1888
    Warren points the Gardner-Hogarth-James expedition to Leontari Vouno near Nicosia and helps them generally; had the pseudonymous Aristides dig at Amargetti c. 1886.

    NicosiaGardner et al. 1888

  19. 1888
    Donates to the British Museum part of his collection including Red Polished pottery from Ayia Paraskevi, Nicosia.

    LondonUlbrich & Kiely 2012Kiely & Merrillees 2012

  20. 16 March 1889 – 17 March 1889
    Burglary at Warren's Nicosia house: old coins (Ptolemaic and Lusignan), seals and scarabs, an engraved green stone and a pair of large gold earrings reported stolen (The Owl, 23 March 1889).

    NicosiaBuchholz 2001, p. 211

  21. September–October 1889
    As Chief Secretary signs letters pressing the Commissioner to report the division of the Berlin Museum's Politiko finds.

    NicosiaBuchholz 2007, pp. 233-235

  22. 7 June 1889
    Placed on retired pay as colonel, Royal Artillery.

    The London Gazette, issue… 1889, p. 3351

  23. 13 July 1890
    Leaves Cyprus on three months' leave and does not return (The Owl, 12 July 1890).

    CyprusBuchholz 2001, p. 212

  24. 1891
    'Notes on Coins found in Cyprus', Numismatic Chronicle 11, 140-151.

    Masson 1989, p. 29 n. 3Buchholz 2001, p. 211

  25. 1891
    Gives an oval conoid stamp seal with a stylised four-winged figure (Cyprus, Cypro-Archaic II) to the Ashmolean Museum.

    Oval conoid stamp seal…

  26. 1892
    Several of his Cypro-Syllabic and Phoenician bilingual inscriptions from Tamassos bought by the British Museum through Rollin and Feuardent.

    LondonUlbrich & Kiely 2012

  27. 1892
    Leaves England for Canada with his family.

    Buchholz 2001, p. 207

  28. 1894–1895
    Writes from The Grande Prairie, British Columbia, to the Canadian Minister of Public Works (6 Feb 1894, 28 Dec 1895) about his Frangissa collection; the National Art Gallery, Ottawa reports coins, pottery and antiquities presented by him (report of 22 April 1895). Transferred to the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, in 1958 (958.61).

    OttawaBuchholz 1991, pp. 5-6Buchholz 2001, pp. 213-214

  29. 1900
    Sells 122 Cypriot antiquities (49 gold items, 13 cylinder seals, gems, c. 40 scarabs, coins) to Theodore Marburg, who gives them to the Johns Hopkins University as the 'Marburg Collection'; Warren's own manuscript catalogue was printed in the Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec 1900. The collection is said to have been stolen from the museum c. 1950.

    BaltimoreJohnston 1901, p. 18Masson 1989, pp. 31-32Buchholz 2001, p. 211

  30. 1908
    Dies, probably in British Columbia.

    Masson 1989, p. 29

  31. 1910
    British Museum buys from his executors the limestone figures and terracottas from Tamassos long deposited on loan, plus a Geometric vase; some duplicates passed to University College Dublin.

    LondonBuchholz 2001, p. 212Ulbrich & Kiely 2012

Through their hands

37 records

Came from

Own excavations×7
Max Ohnefalsch-Richter
Sources not named×3
Peasants who found the objects
Propriétaire du terrain
The owner
The peasants who found them
Falkland Warren

Went to

1886Colonel Thynne
1888 ×2The British Museum
1895National Art Gallery, Ottawa
×2Anna (Annie) Brassey, Baroness Brassey (née Allnutt)
×2Theodore Marburg
National Art Gallery
National Gallery
SaleGift or bequestPassed onWho objects came from and went to, as the sources record it
  1. 1878

    NoteWarren exchanged old pots and earthenware vases for Brassey's English newspapers.

    Connected with Anna (Annie) Brassey, Baroness Brassey (née Allnutt)Old pots and earthenware vases from tombs; English newspapersLimassolTatton-Brown 2001, p. 242

  2. 1885

    LawsuitWatkins sued Warren, claiming a third of the antiquities and a third for damages over Warren’s trespass.

    In litigation with Charles F. Watkinsone third of the antiquities and damages for trespassLarnacaGiven 2001, p. 258Masson 1989, p. 30Tatton-Brown 2001, p. 258

  3. 1886

    TransferWarren sent the jar to Thynne and asked him to communicate with Newton.

    Passed objects to Colonel ThynneBuchholz 2001, p. 208

  4. 1886

    NoteWarren wrote that Richter refused to give him the vase.

    Connected with Max Ohnefalsch-RichterBuchholz 2001, p. 210Tatton-Brown 2001, p. 208Vandenabeele 2001, p. 186

  5. 1888

    GiftCol. Falkland Warren presented thirty-four vases from Ayia Paraskevi to the Museum.

    Gave to The British Museuma collection of thirty-four vases from the necropolis of Ayia ParaskeviAyia Paraskevi near NicosiaTatton-Brown 2001, p. 177Walters 1897, p. 71

  6. 1889

    RecordBurglars broke into Warren’s house and stole coins, seals, scarabs, an engraved stone and gold earrings.

    With burglarsold coins, seals and scarabs, an engraved green stone, and antique gold earringsBuchholz 2001, p. 211

  7. 1895

    GiftA published report stated that Warren presented Cypriot coins, pottery and antiquities to the Gallery.

    Gave to National Art Gallery, Ottawacollections of coins, pottery and antiquities from CyprusOttawaBuchholz 1989, p. 18

  8. 1910

    TransferThe British Museum acquired objects collected by Warren, including limestone figures, terracottas and a vase.

    Passed objects to British Museumlimestone figures, terracottas and a Cypriote Geometric vaseBuchholz 2001, p. 212

  9. n.d.

    TransferWarren took the Phrangissa objects from Ohnefalsch-Richter more or less forcibly and transferred them to his house.

    Received objects from Max Ohnefalsch-RichterNicosiaBuchholz 1991, p. 7

  10. n.d.

    GiftWarren presented his collection of Cypriot coins, pottery and antiquities to the Gallery.

    Gave to National Gallerycollection of coins, pottery and antiquities from CyprusOttawaBuchholz 1991, p. 7

  11. n.d.

    SaleWarren sold his collection to Marburg.

    Sold to Theodore MarburgWarren’s collectionBuchholz 2001, p. 211Tatton-Brown 2001, p. 211

  12. n.d.

    GiftWarren presented a collection of coins, pottery and antiquities from Cyprus to the National Art Gallery.

    Gave to National Art GalleryOttawaBuchholz 2001, p. 211Tatton-Brown 2001, p. 211

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  1. n.d.

    TransferThe collection of Cypriote antiquities passed from Col. Falkland Warren to Theodore Marburg.

    Passed objects to Theodore MarburgJohnston 1901

  2. n.d.

    NotepossiblyHaggard’s notebook referred to viewings and/or purchases involving Warren.

    Connected with Henry Rider HaggardKiely & Merrillees 2012, p. 258

  3. n.d.

    TransferWarren sent two very large hydria to Lady Brassey.

    Passed objects to Anna (Annie) Brassey, Baroness Brassey (née Allnutt)Two very large hydria, or water jarsTatton-Brown 2001, p. 243

  4. n.d.

    NoteAnnie Brassey bartered English newspapers with Falkland Warren for pots and earthenware vases.

    Connected with Anna (Annie) Brassey, Baroness Brassey (née Allnutt)old pots and earthenware vasesLimassolTaylor 2001, p. 242

  5. n.d.

    GiftColonel Warren sent two very large hydria to Lady Brassey.

    Gave to Anna (Annie) Brassey, Baroness Brassey (née Allnutt)two very large hydria, or water jarsTaylor 2001, p. 243

  6. n.d.

    CollectionWarren had previously owned a chalcedony scaraboid with a footprint and Cypriot inscription.

    No. Oxford 1896–08.O.14Boardman 1970, p. 183

  7. n.d.

    AcquisitionTwo thirds of the finds were allocated to Warren.

    two thirds of the Phrangissa findsPhrangissaBuchholz 1991, p. 12

  8. n.d.

    ExportprobablyBuchholz inferred that Warren probably took the main mass of the Phrangissa finds with him to Canada.

    Buchholz 1991, p. 6

  9. n.d.

    ExportOhnefalsch-Richter later wrote that Warren had taken the objects with him to Canada.

    KanadaBuchholz 2001, p. 214

  10. n.d.

    AcquisitionA contract for Warren gave him rights to material found on the land in return for 10 shillings to the owner.

    With the ownerrights for all material found on the land10 shillingsnear PeraGiven 2001, p. 258

  11. n.d.

    CollectionWright’s account described the inscriptions as Warren’s property and said he discovered them during his excavations at Frangissa.

    two bilingual inscriptions, Phoenician and CyprioteGiven 2001, p. 259

  12. n.d.

    CollectionColonel Warren had five cylinders in his possession at Nicosia, reported to have been found at Amargetti.

    Hogarth 1888, p. 169

  13. n.d.

    PurchaseCol. Falkland Warren purchased archaeological objects from the peasants who found them.

    With the peasants who found themJohnston 1901

  14. n.d.

    ExportF. Warren took artefacts found at Tamassos-Frangissa to Canada.

    artefacts found at the sanctuary of Tamassos-FrangissaKarageorghis 2002, p. 402

  15. n.d.

    CollectionprobablyColonel Falkland Warren was almost certainly responsible for assembling the group of objects later presented to the British Museum.

    group of objects said to come from tombs around Limassol and AmathusLimassol and AmathusKiely & Fourrier 2012, p. 274

  16. n.d.

    CollectionFalkland Warren formerly owned the kantharos.

    No. 958.61.36Lund 2015, p. 268Lund 2015, p. 290

  17. n.d.

    AcquisitionprobablyFalkland Warren probably collected or excavated the lagynos.

    No. GR 1880,0710.71Amathous or LimassolLund 2015, p. 253

  18. n.d.

    AcquisitionWarren received the portion of the Frangissa finds allotted to the excavator or sponsor.

    his share of the Frangissa findsMasson 1989, p. 31

  19. n.d.

    PurchaseprobablyMasson considered it probable that Warren bought the share theoretically belonging to the landowner.

    With propriétaire du terrainthe landowner’s share of the Frangissa findsFrangissaMasson 1989, p. 31

  20. n.d.

    ExportWarren transported a series of antiquities from the Frangissa discoveries to Canada.

    a series of Frangissa antiquitiesMasson 1989, p. 30

  21. n.d.

    PurchaseA Baltimore newspaper account said Warren bought some objects from the peasants who found them.

    With peasants who found the objectspart of the Marburg collection, including engraved stones and cylindersCyprusMasson 1989, p. 31

  22. n.d.

    CollectionWarren had previously owned stamp-seal cat. 351.

    No. cat. 351Reyes 2001, p. 147

  23. n.d.

    CollectionObjects including coins, seals, scarabs and jewellery were stolen from Warren's house.

    Old coins, seals, scarabs, engraved green stone, gold earrings and silver buckleNicosiaTatton-Brown 2001, p. 211

  24. n.d.

    TransferOhnefalsch-Richter later noted that Warren had taken the objects to Canada.

    Objects from the Phrangissa excavationsTatton-Brown 2001, p. 214

  25. n.d.

    CollectionA cited account identified the two bilingual inscriptions as Warren’s property.

    two bilingual inscriptions from FrangissaFrangissaTatton-Brown 2001, p. 259

Excavations

1 project

In the field

19 records

Where they worked in the field

  • Ground above 200, 500, 1,000 m

Sites

  1. 1Kourion
  2. 2Pera-Frangissa (approx.)
  3. 3Tamassos
  4. 4Amargeti (approx.)
  5. 5Amathus
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Kourion

1883–1884

  • Held a permit to dig · 1883Warren held an excavation licence at Kourion.

    Buchholz 2001, p. 208

  • Excavated · 1884The jug was described as coming from excavations by Col. F. Warren at Kourion.

    No. A.60Lund 2015, p. 286

Pera-Frangissa

1883–1885

Tamassos

1885

Amargeti

Amathus

  • Directed excavationsWarren directed a small tentative excavation at Amathus while he was Commissioner at Limassol.

    Antiquities at AmathusBailey 1969, p. 40

  • Directed excavationsWarren directed a small tentative excavation at the place where Cesnola had discovered a sarcophagus.

    Buchholz 2001, p. 208

Hagia Paraskevi, near Nicosia

  • Held a permit to digWarren held the licence for the excavation at Hagia Paraskevi.

    Excavation at the pre-Phoenician necropolisTatton-Brown 2001, p. 210

necropolis of Hagia Paraskeue

  • FoundColonel Warren found pottery specimens in the necropolis of Hagia Paraskeue.

    Hogarth 1888, p. 157

Fieldwork

1885

Connections

41 people
Max Ohnefalsch-RichterAnna (Annie) Brassey, Bar…Louis CastanArthur Hamilton SmithWilliam CollyerHenry Rider HaggardTheodore MarburgColonel ThynneCharles NewtonSamuel BrownEdward CarlettiAristides of ChrysochouCharles F. WatkinsChristophi ChristodoulosUlick BurkeAlexander Stuart MurrayHans-Günter BuchholzHélène CassimatisWilhelm DörpfeldSophocles StavrinidesW. WrightRichard SchöneEllen D. ReederChristopher JohnstonP. Le Page RenoufJ. W. W. WattsClaude Delaval CobhamHenry Ernest Gascoyne Bul…Ernest Arthur GardnerHerbert KitchenerGarnet Joseph WolseleyArchibald Henry SayceEarl GranvilleGeorge Gordon HakeCharles WalpoleYianni HadjiloizouW. H. BennettGianni KrasopoulosA. S. MavrogordatoGeorge SmithFalkland Warren
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Sales, gifts & bequests

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Fieldwork & employment

Disputes & the law

Scholarship

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Recording and study

6 records
Held a post2
Employed by2
Connected with1

  • possiblyWarren offered to help identify and advise on restoration of his Cypriot antiquities.

    Connected with National Art GalleryOttawaBuchholz 2001, p. 214

Worked with1

  • Warren arranged for scientific publications by the Museum to be printed by the governmental printing office.

    Worked with governmental printing officeViolaris 2001, p. 250

Objects

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On Ancient Cyprus

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