Roderick Urwick Sayce
| Roderick Urwick Sayce | |||||
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| Born | 1890 | ||||
| Died | 1970 | ||||
| Residence | University College, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, S. Africa; Director, University of Manchester Museum | ||||
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Notes
Office Notes
RAI Council 1931-32 Member
RAI Council 1932-33 Member
RAI Council 1934-35 Member
RAI Council 1935-36 Hon. Editor
RAI Council 1936-37 Hon. Editor
RAI Council 1937-38 Hon. Editor
RAI Council 1942-43 Member
RAI Council 1943-44 Member
RAI Council 1944-45 Member
House Notes
Proposed by H.J. Fleure, seconded by E.N. Fallaize 22 Mar. 1921
Notes From Elsewhere
Prof. Roderick Urwick Sayce (1890-1970) was a social anthropologist and editor of Montgomeryshire Collections. He was born in Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, and studied at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, gaining an MA in Geography there following the First World War. From 1921 to 1927 he was professor and head of the Department of Geography and Geology at the University College of Natal, South Africa. He then lectured in Physical Anthropology and Material Culture at Cambridge University and from 1935 to 1957 was Keeper of the Victoria Museum at Manchester University as well as being an Honorary Lecturer in Anthropology. Sayce was editor of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain's Anthropological Journal, 1934-1936. He joined the Powysland Club in 1920 and edited its journal the Montgomeryshire Collections between 1930 and 1966. He was then elected vice-president of the Powysland Club and died in Welshpool in 1970.
Publications
External Publications
Primitive Arts and Crafts: An Introduction to the Study of Material Culture
by R. U. Sayce
THE CULT OF ANCESTRAL SPIRITS IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE (contained in one complete issue of Manchester Literary & Philosophical...
Jan 1, 1951
by R U Sayce
December 1943 Folk-Lore Magazine: Recent Trends in Swedish Folk Studies - Socio Economic Interpretation of Mythology...
1943
by R.U.Sayce
House Publications
Related Material Details
RAI Material
census
Other Material
papers at Powys County Archives