Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Scholar

William Boyd Dawkins

United Kingdom

Palaeontologist.

Life and work

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    His geological and evolutionary scheme for displaying the Manchester Museum collection fixed where BM-donated Cypriot material was shown: in the single room for historical cultures at the end of the geological sequence, before the 1912 extension.

    ManchesterUlbrich & Kiely 2012, p. 45

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    Reeve cites his Manchester Museum arrangement as parallel to the Leeds (Yorkshire College) museum's taxonomic reorganisation of its Cypriot holdings.

    LeedsReeve 2021, p. 135

Sources

  1. 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. 2.Anna Holly Reeve (2021). “Ancient Cyprus in Leeds: Objects, Networks and Museums from 1870 to 1947”. PhD thesis, University of Leeds.