George Davis Hornblower
| George Davis Hornblower OBE BA FSA | |||||||||||
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| Born | 1864 | ||||||||||
| Died | 1951 | ||||||||||
| Residence |
4 Meadway Gate, Golders Green, NW [and] Mount's Bay Hotel, Penzance, Cornwall [census] Union Hotel, Penzance, Cornwall [1949] | ||||||||||
| Occupation |
anthropologist archaeologist civil service | ||||||||||
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Contents
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Office Notes
RAI Council 1928 Hon. Treasurer
RAI Council 1929 Hon. Treasurer
RAI Council 1930-31 Hon. Treasurer
RAI Council 1931-32 Hon. Treasurer
RAI Council 1932-33 Hon. Treasurer
RAI Council 1933-34 Hon. Treasurer
RAI Council 1934-35 Hon. Treasurer
RAI Council 1935-36 Hon. Treasurer
RAI Council 1936-37 Hon. Treasurer
RAI Council 1937-38 Hon. Treasurer
RAI Council 1938-39 Member
RAI Council 1940-41 Member
RAI Council 1944-45 Member
RAI Council 1945-46 Member
RAI Council 1946-47 Member
House Notes
1923.06.26 proposed by C.G. Seligman, seconded by W.M. F. Petrie
books donated 1951 see A32
1951.06.05 death noted
Notes From Elsewhere
George Davis Hornblower was at one time an official in the Egyptian Ministry of the Interior where he became interested in Egyptology; he was also interested in Anthropology which strongly influenced his work on Predynastic Egypt and Egyptian religion. He wrote a number of articles on Predynastic subjects such as 'Funerary Designs on Predynastic Jars' and Foundations of Ancient Egyptian Religion'. During the Second World War he took up residence at the Mount's Bay Hotel in Penzance and over the years gave many Egyptian and other objects to the Royal Cornwall Museum.
George Davis Hornblower (anthropologist; archaeologist; official; British; Male; 1864 - 1951)
George Davis Hornblower developed his interest in Egyptology during his time in the Egyptian Ministry of the Interior and collected many artefacts during this period. His main interest was in the anthropology and religion of Ancient Egypt, particularly the Predynastic and Early Dynastic period which he wrote fourteen articles on, many of which were published in the journal produced by the Egypt Exploration Society, the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology.
In late September 1939 he was admitted to a private hospital in England. Given this and the onset of World War II, he felt that it would be necessary to leave his London home and put his furniture into storage. He had by this point already marked out a number of objects that were intended to go to the Fitzwilliam Museum upon his death but given the circumstances he felt it wise to present them to the museum in 1939
Publications
External Publications
House Publications
85. Early Dragon-Forms; by G. D. Hornblower. Man Vol. 33 (May, 1933)
Related Material Details
RAI Material
Library books
census
name on benefactors board
Other Material
Fitzwilliam Almost 350 small antiquities were presented to the museum
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