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Ridgeway, Sir William, 1853-1926 (classicist and Disney professor of archaeology, University of Cambridge (England))

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 04 December 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/107
Scope and Contents

Ridgeway states that he is sending Ewart an abstract of his paper on the thoroughbred horse. He mentions his thoughts on the evolution of the Barb in North Africa and says how interested he was in Ewart's book The Penycuik Experiments.

Dates: 04 December 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 07 February 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/17
Scope and Contents Ridgeway thanks Ewart for the photograph of a pony's head. He asserts that the conclusion that no asses had evolved west of the Nile is incorrect and cites a renowned Arab historian and geographer, Al-Masudi. He mentions the appearance of curiously striped wild asses in the province of Nubia, on the West side of the Nile. Ridgeway discusses the implications of the infiltration of asses into this area and explores its possible origins. He states that he is writing to Walter Burton Harris, who...
Dates: 07 February 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 05 March 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/29
Scope and Contents Ridgeway thanks Ewart for a block that he has lent him and says that he is at last returning Salensky's paper. He states that he is gratified to find that the tarpan is an original wild Equid and not a feral horse. He asks if Ewart has any data about Cossack ponies, which he supposes are more or less mixed like the Shetlands, and wonders if Ewart has any questions about Barbary horses for Walter Harris, with whom Ridgeway has been in touch. He then goes on to mention early Greek sources for...
Dates: 05 March 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 11 July 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/75
Scope and Contents

Ridgeway writes that he will write to Sanson for details of his North African horses. He thanks Ewart for his help with proofreading and for the loan of his illustrative blocks.

Dates: 11 July 1904

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