William Gowland
| William Gowland FSA, FCS, FRS, FIC | |||||||||
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| Born | 1842 | ||||||||
| Died | 1922 | ||||||||
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The Mint, Osaka, Japan [1887] c/o Dr Gowland, 221 Moss Lane East, Moss Side, Manchester [1888] 19 Beaumont Crescent, West Kensington, W. [1894] 13 Russell Road, Kensington, W. [1897] [also Royal College of Science, South Kensington in 1903 list] | ||||||||
| Occupation | mining engineer | ||||||||
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AI Council 1896 Member
AI Council 1897 Member
AI Council 1898 Member
AI Council 1899 Member
AI Council 1900 Vice President
AI Council 1901 Vice President
AI Council 1902 Vice President
AI Council 1903 Member
AI Council 1904 Member
AI Council 1905 President
AI Council 1906 President
House Notes
1887.06.14 proposed for election at the next meeting
1912 HML The metals in antiquity Delivered 19th Nov.
In 1917 list Emeritus Professor of Metallurgy, Royal School of Mines, South Kensington
portrait and obit. in Man 1922 by C.H. Read
Notes From Elsewhere
William Gowland (16 December 1842 – 9 June 1922) was an English mining engineer most famous for his archaeological work at Stonehenge and in Japan. He has been called the "Father of Japanese Archaeology".[1]
Born Sunderland. In Japan (1872-88) as part of modernization programme. Known there as ‘the father of Japanese archaeology’. Chevalier of the Order of the Rising Sun. 1900 involved in repairs of Stonehenge. Professor of Metallurgy, Royal School of Mines, Kensington
Publications
External Publications
The Dolmens and other Antiquities of Korea, 1895 The Art of Casting Bronze in Japan, 1896 The Dolmens and Burial Mounds in Japan, 1897 The Dolmens of Japan and their Builders, 1900 The Burial Mounds and Dolmens of the Early Emperors of Japan, 1907 The Art of Working Metals in Japan, 1910 Metals in Antiquity, 1912 The Metallurgy of Non-ferrous Metals, 1914 Metal and Metal-Working in Old Japan, 1915 Silver in Roman and Earlier Times, 1920
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