Henrietta Lawes grew up in a comfortable home in Berkshire; her father was a successful miller and owned Caversham Mill in Caversham. It is unclear where her interest in ancient…Read More >
Nora (Kershaw) Chadwick was a school friend of Annie (Hunt) Ure. They both attended Stoneycroft School together. Nora Kershaw attended Newham College, Cambridge and then taught at the University of…Read More >
By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) In 1947 the Museum of Greek Archaeology at the University of Reading received a bequest. A small number of Egyptian antiquities came into…Read More >
John Garstang first went to Egypt for the winter season of 1899-1900. Although he had already participated on excavations in Britain, he was still in training. In Egypt, he gained…Read More >
By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) Born in Dublin, Vivian Whitfield studied at Trinity College Dublin, winning a Gold Medal for excelling in Classics. She attended Somerville College, Oxford…Read More >
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 >
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 >
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 >
