Social Victorians/People/Augustus Wollaston Franks

Also Known As

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  • Augustus Wollaston Franks

Demographics

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  • Nationality: Born in Geneva, died in the U.K.

Residences

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Family

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  • Augustus Wollaston Franks (20 March 1826 – 21 May 1897)

Relations

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Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies

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Acquaintances

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  • Ormounde M. Dalton, hired by Franks in the British Museum
  • Earl of Denbigh (possible? donated in 1866 to The Austrian
  • Joseph Marryat (DNB01)
  • Right Hon. Earl Stanhope (Society of Antiquaries of London, 1867)
  • William Tite, Esq., M.P. (Society of Antiquaries of London, 1867)
  • Charles Wykeham Martin, Esq., M.P.
  • Octavius Morgan, Esq., M.P. (Society of Antiquaries of London, 1867)
  • Frederic Ouvry, Esq., (Society of Antiquaries of London, 1867)
  • Joseph Walter King Eyton, Esq. (Society of Antiquaries of London, 1867)
  • Rev. Charles Old Goodford, D.D., Provost of Eton (Society of Antiquaries of London, 1867)
  • Philip Charles Hardwick, Esq. (Society of Antiquaries of London, 1867)
  • Sir John Lubbock, Bart. (Society of Antiquaries of London, 1867)
  • William John Thoms, Esq. (Society of Antiquaries of London, 1867)
  • Charles Spoencer Preceval, Esq., LL.D. (Society of Antiquaries of London, 1867)
  • John Winter Jones, Esq. (Society of Antiquaries of London, 1867)
  • William Henry Black, Esq. (Society of Antiquaries of London, 1867)
  • The Earl of Dunraven (Society of Antiquaries of London, 1867)
  • John Evans, Esq. (Society of Antiquaries of London, 1867)
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Augustus Henry Lane Fox (Society of Antiquaries of London, 1867)
  • Thomas Lewin, Esq. (Society of Antiquaries of London, 1867)
  • Richard Henry Major, Esq. (Society of Antiquaries of London, 1867)
  • The Very Rev. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, D.D., Dean of Westminster (Society of Antiquaries of London, 1867)
  • Captain Arthur ChilverTupper (Society of Antiquaries of London, 1867)
  • C. Knight Watson, Esq. (Society of Antiquaries of London, 1867)
  • M. Darcel, at the Louvre in 1890 (DNB01)
  • Dr. Essenwein, Niirnberg (DNB01)

Friends

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  • Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Guest Schreiber[1]
  • Henry Christy (DNB01)
  • John Byrne Leicester Warren, Lord de Tabley (DNB01)
  • Felix Slade (DNB01)
  • John Henderson (1797–1878) (DNB01)
  • Lady Harriet Fellows (wife of Sir Charles Fellows) (DNB01)
  • William Burges (DNB01)
  • Octavius Morgan (DNB01)
  • Sir Charles Newton (DNB01)
  • Charles Read (DNB01)

Organizations

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  • Eton (to 1843)
  • The British Museum, The Department of Medieval Something
  • Society of Antiquaries of London (director 1858–1896)
  • The Roxburghe Club (1894–1897)

Timeline

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1866, Franks began work at the British Museum.

1867 April 30, Society of Antiquaries of London meeting

1874 August and September, Franks "made a journey from Stockholm to St Petersburg and back through southern Finland" interacting with "contemporary Finnish cultural circles" (http://www.academia.edu/2541297/The_tedious_and_expensive_journey_Augustus_Wollaston_Frankss_travels_through_Finland_in_1874).

1878, Franks was "the juror in the section of pottery at the Paris exhibition of 1878" (Read).

1896, Franks was replaced as Curator of the Medieval Something at the British Museum by his protoge Charles Read.

Questions and Notes

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  1. Get the actual department name at the British Museum.

Bibliography

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  1. "Will of Lady Charlotte Schreiber." Morning Post 13 March 1895, Wednesday: 5 [of 10], Col. 2c [of 7]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18950313/024/0005.