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

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 28 January 1903

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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

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 15 September 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/102

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Ridgeway congratulates Ewart on the announcement of his marriage. He reports that he has finally got a photograph of the Somali wild ass in Regent's Park from Dando. He mentions forthcoming papers about quaggas from Pocock and Lydekker and concludes by enquiring whether the quagga's markings and its bay colour are to be attributed to its living under the same climactic conditions as the Libyan horse.

Dates: 15 September 1904

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1904

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway (incomplete), 03 December [1904]

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/121

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Ridgeway provides some details about historical accounts of the first horses brought into Mexico and Texas by the Spaniards, in preparation for Ewart's visit to Mexico. He also passes on information from a local farmer, John Thornton, about bronchos in Mexico, and Hans Gadow about dun and roan horses. He congratulates Ewart on his forthcoming marriage.

The latter part of the letter is not present. The letter also bears the incorrect date of 1905.

Dates: 03 December [1904]

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1904

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Ridgeway, 06 March 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/27

Scope and Contents Ridgeway offers his opinions on Ewart's 'excellent paper'. He states that he is sceptical as to the accuracy of cave drawings of horses, but is glad that Ewart expresses doubts as to the domestication of the horse. He recommends that Ewart provide explicitly the evidence of orseus remains from La Monthe, and is unsure about the claim that there are two different stocks in Arabian horses. He enquires as to the relative sizes of the ergots (growths) in Ewart's Mongolian pony and Przewalski's...

Dates: 06 March 1904

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1904

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 28 January 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 15 September 1904

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway (incomplete), 03 December [1904]

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Ridgeway, 06 March 1904

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