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 Sir William Ridgeway, 28 January 1903
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/9
Scope and Contents
Ridgeway states that he would very much appreciate a cliche of 'Matopo' (a zebra stallion). He adds that he has some blocks of the Kilimanjaro and Somali zebra that would be of interest to Ewart in his research on the zebra. He thinks that his knowledge of the Achaen horse would be of interest to Ewart, as he believes them to be the same as both the small horses of Northern Britain in the time of Caesar, and those of the Danube area. He discusses the spread of the horse into Africa. He...
Dates:
28 January 1903
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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- Nomenclature 1
- Physical Characteristics 1
- Ponies 1
- Prehistoric animals 1
- Proofreading 1
- Social Interaction 1
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- Wild Ass, African 1
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