By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) Reginald Percy Austin came to University College Reading from his hometown in Cornwall in 1920, following a very brief period of war service…Read More >
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Vivian (Whitfield) Wade-Gery (1897-1988)
Born in Dublin, Vivian Whitfield studied at Trinity College Dublin, winning a Gold Medal for excelling in Classics. She attended Somerville College, Oxford subsequently, obtaining her B. A. degree, first-class,…Read More >
Caroline Amy Hutton (1861-1931)
By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) Born in New Zealand, Caroline Amy Hutton attended Girton College, Cambridge and studied Classics in the early 1880s. Like her contemporary at Girton…Read More >
Grace Ernestine Holding (c. 1878-1943)
By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) Grace Ernestine Holding was born in London in around 1878. She obtained a B. A. degree from the University of Wales, attending University…Read More >
From the Archive: The Road to Mykalessos
By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) This summer, the Ure Museum team embarked on a wholesale sort through the archives. It was an interesting and enlightening exercise, and it…Read More >
Ure Museum Archives: An initial description
By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) Preliminiary information on the Ure Museum’s archive holdings can be found below. For more information or research access enquiries, please email ure@reading.ac.uk. The…Read More >
Introducing Annie’s Box
By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) This month we launched our research and outreach project “Annie’s Box”. It came to fruition through a generous grant from Friends of the…Read More >
Allen Seaby and Archaeology
By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) The Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology has just installed a new exhibition. The subject? Archaeology books for children. Specifically three books published by…Read More >
Dig it! Archaeology for Children in the Past
A talk by Ure Museum Research Officer Amara Thornton on archaeology books for children. This event is in conjunction with a new temporary display at the Ure Museum on artist…Read More >
TIMELINE: Annie Dunman Hunt Ure (1893-1976) – Part 1
By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) We have been researching Annie Ure’s life and career over the past few months. Earlier this summer, our UROP student Ruth Lloyd created…Read More >