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

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Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 29 August 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/93
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Ridgeway states that it is most probable that the Libyan horse in a wild state had more strongly defined stripes than when domesticated and refers to Azara's example of wild and tame cattle in South America differing in colours. He writes that if Ewart agrees he will insert this into the revised last chapter of his book. He has heard that Pocock is going to publish the bay quagga as a new variety or species and asks Ewart to send him an illustrative block of the Hebridean stallion.

Dates: 29 August 1904

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 05 September 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/95
Scope and Contents Ridgeway writes that he is pleased that Ewart plans to go to Mexico to see the mustangs and states that he has full historical details about the horses which the Spaniards took to North America. He will insert Ewart's remarks regarding 'stockings' colouration into the draft of his book and refers to the death of Matthew Horace Hayes. Ridgeway states that while he is happy to write in support of Ewart's application for £300 from the Carnegie Institute, he recommends that his case...
Dates: 05 September 1904

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

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 03 December 1905

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/11/43
Scope and Contents Ridgeway hopes that Ewart persuaded Scharff to obtain the Achill Island pony for the National Museum. He comments on the reviews of his recently published book The Origin and Influence of the Thoroughbred Horse. He enquires after Ewart's next paper on the tarpan, and asks for any information concerning the Rhind lectures at the University of Edinburgh. He comments that he has a lot of material on the origin of jewellery which could form a book or a course of...
Dates: 03 December 1905

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Ridgeway, 24 February 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/18
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Ridgeway thanks Ewart for permission to use Ewart's drawings and photographs in his book, particularly of the Iceland and Hebridean pony, and states that he will send Ewart the manuscript proofs soon.

Dates: 24 February 1904

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