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| death_date = 1911 | | death_date = 1911 | ||
| address = St John's Villa, Driffield, Yorkshire | | address = St John's Villa, Driffield, Yorkshire | ||
| − | | occupation = merchant | + | | occupation = merchant<br />archaeologist |
| elected_ESL = | | elected_ESL = | ||
| elected_ASL = 1870.11.01 | | elected_ASL = 1870.11.01 | ||
| − | | elected_AI = 1870 | + | | elected_AI = 1870 |
| + | 1894.01.09 | ||
| elected_APS = | | elected_APS = | ||
| elected_LAS = | | elected_LAS = | ||
| membership = ASL, AI ordinary fellow<br />LAS paper only? | | membership = ASL, AI ordinary fellow<br />LAS paper only? | ||
| − | | left = | + | | left = 1886.05.25 resigned (but rejoined) |
| + | 1911 deceased | ||
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=== House Notes === | === House Notes === | ||
| − | ASL proposed 1870.10.25<br /> | + | ASL proposed 1870.10.25<br />death noted in the report of the council for 1911: Mr. J. R. Mortimer, who became a Fellow in 1894, devoted 50 years to archeological investigations in Yorkshire, and to him all students of prehistoric problems owe an incalculable debt of gratitude. An obituary notice will appear in Man, 1912, 13. |
=== Notes From Elsewhere === | === Notes From Elsewhere === | ||
John Robert Mortimer (15 June 1825 – 19 August 1911) was an English corn-merchant and archaeologist who lived in Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire.<br />He established a dedicated museum of archaeology at Driffield, one of the first of its kind. His excavations represent early examples of the application of scientific methods to the study of burial mounds; his written work and excavated finds remain a valuable resource in British archaeology.<br /><br />Born Fimber, Yorkshire; died Driffield. Scientific interests aroused by 1851 Great Exhibition. Work confined almost exclusively to Yorkshire Wolds on whose archaeology and geology he published extensively. Created museum in Driffield which closed and his collections are in Hull.<br /> | John Robert Mortimer (15 June 1825 – 19 August 1911) was an English corn-merchant and archaeologist who lived in Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire.<br />He established a dedicated museum of archaeology at Driffield, one of the first of its kind. His excavations represent early examples of the application of scientific methods to the study of burial mounds; his written work and excavated finds remain a valuable resource in British archaeology.<br /><br />Born Fimber, Yorkshire; died Driffield. Scientific interests aroused by 1851 Great Exhibition. Work confined almost exclusively to Yorkshire Wolds on whose archaeology and geology he published extensively. Created museum in Driffield which closed and his collections are in Hull.<br /> | ||
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| Born | 1825 | ||||||||
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| Residence | St John's Villa, Driffield, Yorkshire | ||||||||
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Contents
Notes
Office Notes
House Notes
ASL proposed 1870.10.25
death noted in the report of the council for 1911: Mr. J. R. Mortimer, who became a Fellow in 1894, devoted 50 years to archeological investigations in Yorkshire, and to him all students of prehistoric problems owe an incalculable debt of gratitude. An obituary notice will appear in Man, 1912, 13.
Notes From Elsewhere
John Robert Mortimer (15 June 1825 – 19 August 1911) was an English corn-merchant and archaeologist who lived in Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire.
He established a dedicated museum of archaeology at Driffield, one of the first of its kind. His excavations represent early examples of the application of scientific methods to the study of burial mounds; his written work and excavated finds remain a valuable resource in British archaeology.
Born Fimber, Yorkshire; died Driffield. Scientific interests aroused by 1851 Great Exhibition. Work confined almost exclusively to Yorkshire Wolds on whose archaeology and geology he published extensively. Created museum in Driffield which closed and his collections are in Hull.
Publications
External Publications
• Mortimer, J. R. (1897). "A Summary of What is Known of the so-called " Danes' Graves," near Driffield". Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 13 (3): 286–298. doi:10.1144/pygs.13.3.286. edit
• Mortimer, J.R. (1898), Report on the opening of a number of the so-called "Danes' Graves," at Kilham, E.P. Yorks, and the discovery of a chariot-burial of the Early Iron Age
• Mortimer, J. R. (1900). "Notes on the History of the Driffield Museum of Antiquities and Geological Specimens". Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 14: 88–96. doi:10.1144/pygs.14.1.88. edit
• Mortimer, J.R., "Account of the discovery of Roman remains at Langton", East Riding Antiquarian Society Transactions (10)
• Mortimer, J.R., "Stature of early man in east Yorkshire", East Riding Antiquarian Society Transactions (17)
• Mortimer, J.R., "Danes' Graves", East Riding Antiquarian Society Transactions (18)
• Mortimer, J.R. (1903), "Notes on some pre-historic jet ornaments from East Yorkshire", The Naturalist
• Mortimer, J.R.; Mortimer, Agnes (1905), Forty Years Researches in British and Saxon Burial Mounds of East Yorkshire, A. Brown and Sons: London
• Mortimer, J.R. (1905), "Notes on British remains found near the Cawthorne camps, Yorks", The Naturalist
• Gomme; Mortimer, J.R. (1906), "Notes: on the history of the Driffield museum of antiquities and geological specimens", Hull Scientific and Field Naturalists' Club Transactions (1): 136–141
• also in Yorkshire Geological Society Proceedings (14)
• Mortimer, J.R. (1908), "Note on a British burial at Middleton-on-the-Wolds", The Naturalist
• Mortimer, J.R. (1910), "Opening of a Barrow near Borrow Nook", Opening of a Barrow near Borrow Nook (20), ISSN 0084-4276
• Mortimer, J.R. (1911), "The evolution of the millstone", The Naturalist
• Mortimer, J.R. (1911), "Notes on the stature, etc., of our ancestors in east Yorkshire", The Naturalist
Memoirs
• Mortimer, J.R. (1978) [1903], "A Victorian Boyhood on the Wolds: The Recollections of J. R. Mortimer", in Hicks, John D., East Yorkshire Local History Series (34), unpublished until 1978
House Publications
LAS
Crania of the round barrows of a section of the Yorkshire wolds
Related Material Details
RAI Material
Other Material
In 1913 the Mortimer collection was acquired by Colonel G.H. Clarke and given to the City of Hull.[24] From 1929 the collection was displayed in the Victoria Galleries (part of Hull City Hall), as the Mortimer Museum. It was transferred to the Transport and Archaeology Museum on High Street in 1956.[25][note 2] It now forms an important part of the collection of The Hull and East Riding Museum, and remains an important contribution to British prehistoric archaeology.[24] The Mortimer collection contains over 66,000 provenanced pieces from barrows, and a further several thousands of un-provenanced surface findsIn 1913 the Mortimer collection was acquired by Colonel G.H. Clarke and given to the City of Hull.[24] From 1929 the collection was displayed in the Victoria Galleries (part of Hull City Hall), as the Mortimer Museum. It was transferred to the Transport and Archaeology Museum on High Street in 1956.[25][note 2] It now forms an important part of the collection of The Hull and East Riding Museum, and remains an important contribution to British prehistoric archaeology.[24] The Mortimer collection contains over 66,000 provenanced pieces from barrows, and a further several thousands of un-provenanced surface finds
