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, 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, 09 December 1902
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/112
Scope and Contents
Ridgeway thanks Ewart for his comments about his own thoughts on the thoroughbred horse. Ridgeway hopes to have the paper printed by January 1903. He believes the Nisaean (or Caspian) breed owed its superiority and size to the crossing of Libyan blood with Asiatic. His paper also discusses the portrayal of small-headed horses portrayed by the cavemen of France. At present, his research revolves around the Norwegian pony with a stripe on its back. He is also greatly interested in Ewart's...
Dates:
09 December 1902
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