Diary of D.G. Hogarth concerning travels in Turkey

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MS. 9496

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Diary of D.G. Hogarth concerning travels in Turkey in 1890 with Arthur Cayley Headlam. On the second folio there is a reference to a solar eclipse on 17 June which dates the manuscript to 1890.

Dates

Creation: Jun-Sep 1890

Extent

1 volume

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. 9496].

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Shelfmark:

MS. 9496

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 9496

Additional Description

Abstract

Diary of D.G. Hogarth concerning travels in Turkey.

Biographical / Historical

David George Hogarth (1862-1927) was an archaeologist and traveller. He was Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, from 1909 until his death, interrupted by war work for naval intelligence and as director of the Arab Bureau in Cairo. For further information see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Custodial History

The diary was given to the Library of the School of Geography by A.F. Martin in October 1950. It was transferred to the Radcliffe Science Library when the Geography Library closed.