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Sir
Augustus W. Franks
KCB FRS FSA
Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
Born(1826-03-20)20 March 1826
Geneva
Died21 May 1897(1897-05-21) (aged 71)
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge;
Eton College
OccupationMuseum administrator
Known forBritish antiquities;
Royal Gold Cup acquisition
Franks Casket

Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks KCB FRS FSA (20 March 1826 – 21 May 1897) was a British antiquarian and museum administrator. Franks was described by Marjorie Caygill, historian of the British Museum, as "arguably the most important collector in the history of the British Museum, and one of the greatest collectors of his age."[1]

  1. ^ Caygill, Marjorie. "Creating A Great Museum". fathom.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2011.

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made by surgeon George Goodman Hewett (1765–1834) was donated by Augustus Wollaston Franks to the British Museum in 1891. An account of these has been published...

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Henry, 4th Earl of Carnarvon 1885–92 Sir John Evans 1892–97 Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks 1897–1904 Harold, Viscount Dillon 1904–08 John, Lord Avebury 1908–14...

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of the Society of Antiquaries of London, following his mentor Augustus Wollaston Franks in the first position in 1896, and in the second from 1908 to...

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nineteenth-century collectors, such as Octavius Morgan (1803–1888) and Augustus Wollaston Franks (1826–1897), was instrumental to the establishment and growth...

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with four figures that was donated to the British Museum by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks in 1879. The statue was found on one of Sir Thomas Graham Briggs'...

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Seax of Beagnoth

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Africa Proconsulare. Most of the treasure was purchased by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks, a senior curator at the British Museum, who bequeathed it to...

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is first displayed, to the Society of Antiquaries of London by Augustus Wollaston Franks. June 16 - Karel Absolon, Czech archaeologist (d. 1960) July 29...

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