Ridgeway, Sir William, 1853-1926 (classicist and Disney professor of archaeology, University of Cambridge (England))
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Matthew Horace Hayes, 09 December 1902
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/111
Scope and Contents
Hayes enquires how he could get a copy of Ewart's paper about 'Callosities and the wartless pony'. He also would like to know whether the breed Equus caballus came directly from North America or through its ancestors pliohippus or protohippus. He mentions a paper that Professor William Ridgeway has sent him on the origin of the thoroughbred horse. He also invites Ewart to visit him for hunting.
Dates:
09 December 1902
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 21 June 1904
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/68
Scope and Contents
Ridgeway discusses some of Ewart's critiques of the manuscript of his book. He reports that he is troubled about whether he is justified in stating that that the hock callosities are frequently absent in North African horses and ponies and asks Ewart to check a French reference from the work of Sanson. He asks Ewart for the loan of some illustrative blocks. He posits that changes in colour of horses and cattle could be due to domestication, and thanks Ewart for correcting some of his zebra...
Dates:
21 June 1904
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