Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Traveller / antiquarian

W. H. Mallock

fl. 1885–1886 · United Kingdom

Travel writer, active 1885–1886. Lived at Nicosia.

Life and work

  1. 1885–1886
    Stayed in Nicosia in the house of Colonel Falkland Warren (called 'Colonel Falkland' in his book) and met a young Cambridge professor with his Girton wife ('Mr Adam') who was superintending excavations; a basket of prehistoric pottery and a bronze spearhead was shown at dinner.

    NicosiaBuchholz 2001, p. 210

  2. 1886
    Published In an Enchanted Island, or a Winter's Retreat in Cyprus (1st ed. London 1886 per Buchholz; 2nd ed. 1889).

    LondonBuchholz 2001, p. 210Cobham 1908

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Sources

  1. 1.Hans-Guenter Buchholz (2001). “Falkland Warren”. Cyprus in the 19th Century AD: Fact, Fancy and Fiction, 207-215. Oxford, Oxbow.
  2. 2.C. D. Cobham (1908). Excerpta Cypria: Materials for a History of Cyprus. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Online
  3. 3.W. H. Mallock (1889). In an Enchanted Island, or a Winter's Retreat in Cyprus. London, R. Bentley.
  4. 4.W. H. Mallock (1888). “Scenes in Cyprus”. Scribner's Magazine 4.