Percy Neville Ure M.A. (10 May 1879[1] – 3 April 1950[2]) was the University of Reading's first Professor of Classics (1911–1946) and the founder of the Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology at Reading. His wife and former pupil at Reading, Annie Ure (1893–1976),[1] was the museum's first Curator from 1922 until her death.[1][3][4] The Ures were experts on Greek and Egyptian antiquities, and particularly Greek ceramics. With Ronald M. Burrows, they undertook important excavations at Rhitsona in Boeotia, Greece.[5]
Percy has been described as "an inveterate picker-up of fragments"[6] which he acquired wherever he could, including from children or discarded under bushes at archaeological sites like Rhitsona or Mycenae. Many were packed in the boxes of Percy's favourite cigarettes. He also accepted a donation of "battered" items from the British Museum. Percy collected plain and functional items neglected by other scholars, believing that they might be as informative as more attractive pieces.[6]
Together the Ures enjoyed a passion for Greek ceramics and Boeotian pottery in particular. They wrote several important books on finds at Rhitsona as well as over fifty articles on Greek pottery. In 1954 they produced an important volume in the international series, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, which covered about half of the current Ure Museum collection.[clarification needed]
^ abcA Short Biography of Professor Percy Ure Commemorating 100 Years of the Classics Department Collection 1909–2009. Reading: Sally Fox, 2009.
^"Deaths", The Times, 5 April 1950, No. 51658.
^"Ure celebrates its centenary". Bulletin. University of Reading. 30 April 2009. p. 3.
^"About the Collection". The Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology. The University of Reading (reg.ac.uk). Retrieved 20 September 2011.
^Sabetai, Dr. Victoria. "Ronald M. Burrows and Percy N. Ure in Boeotia" (PDF). Retrieved 4 April 2024.
^ abIntroduction to 'The Ure Museum: a Retrospective' (26 October 2005), The Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology, 7 August 2006, The University of Reading (reg.ac.uk). Retrieved 21 November 2011.
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