Ridgeway, Sir William, 1853-1926 (classicist and Disney professor of archaeology, University of Cambridge (England))
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Matthew Horace Hayes, 09 December 1902
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.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 09 December 1902
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 28 January 1903
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 07 February 1903
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 05 March 1903
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 14 March 1903
Ridgeway refers to the existence of the small zebras in upper Africa and mentions that Africa has been much neglected in scientific and anthropological studies. He also states that he has evidence that the Equus hemionus was in Paphlagonia in Homeric days. He invites Ewart to visit him in Cambridge.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 31 May 1904
Ridgeway thanks Ewart for the critique of his manuscript and offers some opinions concerning the history and characteristics of the pony Tarpan redivivus and elaborates on prehistoric horses. He makes some remarks about editorial and spelling matters and discusses the sounds made by the Kiang and Onager ponies.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Ridgeway, 03 December 1903
Ridgeway provides an extract from a letter he received from George Coffey concerning the earliest horse skeleton of historical times discovered in County Galway, Ireland and makes some comments concerning the likely date of the burial.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Ridgeway, 06 March 1904
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