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Henry Balfour
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Henry Balfour was a British anthropologist, archaeologist, and curator. He was educated at Charterhouse School and worked at the Pitt Rivers Museum, where he contributed to the collection. His professional activities included writing in English and contributing to the publication Popular Science.
Balfour was a member of the Royal Society and received the award of Fellow of the Royal Society. His work is recognized in the Royal Society collection, and his archives are held at the Pitt Rivers Museum. He was born in Croydon and died in Headington in 1939.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1863
- Died
- 1939
- Works
- 10
Top works
- Anthropological essays presented to Edward Burnett Tylor in honour of his 75th birthday, Oct. 2, 1907
- The evolution of decorative art
- Address to the Anthropological section
- The archer's bow in the Homeric poems
- The Evolution of Decorative Art: An Essay Upon Its Origin and Development as ..
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Recent publications · Crossref
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Croydon
- Place of death
- Headington
- Occupation
- curator
- Educated at
- Charterhouse School
- Employer
- Pitt Rivers Museum
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Henry Balfour.jpg
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- member of
- Royal Society
- date of death
- 1939-02-09
- date of birth
- 1863-04-11
- Commons category
- Henry Balfour
- archives at
- Pitt Rivers Museum
- writing language
- English language
- contributed to creative work
- Popular Science
- collection items at
- Pitt Rivers Museum
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