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Sir Arthur John Evans (1851–1941), archaeologist, numismatist and museum director, is perhaps best known as the excavator of Knossos, Crete (1900–1931), and for his seminal research into the Minoan civilization. He also made important contributions across a range of fields including archaeology, anthropology, ethnology, numismatics and the arts, as well as Balkan politics.
Portrait of Sir Arthur Evans among the Ruins of the Palace of Knossos by Sir William B. Richmond, 1907
Sir Arthur Evans was Keeper of the Ashmolean (1884–1908) and during his 25-year keepership he oversaw its transformation to a major museum of archaeology and art.
He bequeathed his archaeological archive, along with his object collections, to the Ashmolean Museum upon his death in 1941. Further personal papers were donated to the Ashmolean by a great-nephew, Arthur L. Evans, in 1985.
The Ashmolean Museum retains copyright over the parts of the archive which were not published by Sir Arthur Evans in his lifetime.
Digitisation of the Archive has been made possible by grants from the following sources: T
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Arthur Evans
British archaeologist and scholar (1851–1941)
For other uses, see Arthur Evans (disambiguation).
Sir Arthur Evans FRS FBA FREng | |
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| Born | Arthur John Evans (1851-07-08)8 July 1851 Nash Mills, Hertfordshire, England |
| Died | 11 July 1941(1941-07-11) (aged 90) Youlbury, Boars Hill, Berkshire, England |
| Alma mater | Brasenose College, University of Oxford |
| Known for | Excavations at Knossos; developing the concept of Minoan civilisation |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Archaeology, museum management, journalism, statesmanship, philanthropy |
| Institutions | Ashmolean Museum |
Sir Arthur John EvansFRS FBA FREng[1][2] (8 July 1851 – 11 July 1941) was a British archaeologist and pioneer in the study of Aegean civilization in the Bronze Age.
The first excavations at the Minoan palace of Knossos on the Greek island of Crete began in 1877. They were led by Cretan Greek Minos Kalokairinos, a native of Heraklion. Three weeks later Ottoman authoritie
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Sir Arthur Evans
Cartoon of Sir Arthur Evans by Piet de Jong, 1924.
Sir Arthur Evans, 1936.
Sir Arthur Evans was the son of the famous prehistorian Sir John Evans. Educated in Harrow and Oxford (Brasenose college, 1870–1874; first class in Modern History), he travelled across Europe for many years. He visited the Balkans in 1871 and 1872 and Scandinavia in 1873. In 1875 he spent some months of study at the University of G
In 1884, Arthur was appointed Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum. During his 25-year keepership he transformed the Ashmolean into an archaeological museum of international importance and a first-rate research institution. He increased the archaeological collections of the museum enormously, buying some 2,000 objects a year. In 1894 he moved the collections from Broad Street (today the Museum of History of Science) to Beaumont Street behind the University Galleries (supported financially by Charles Drury Fortnum). In 1908, the two institutions were officially amalgamated in order to create the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology. Evans r
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