Alfred Percival Maudslay
| Alfred Percival Maudslay MA, DSc, FSA, FRGS | |||||||||||
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| Born | 1850 | ||||||||||
| Died | 1931 | ||||||||||
| Residence | 32 Montpelier Square, Knightsbridge, SW [1899]; Morney Cross, Hereford [both 1911] | ||||||||||
| Occupation | colonial officer | ||||||||||
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AI Council 1895 Member
AI Council 1896 Member
AI Council 1897 Member
AI Council 1898 Vice President
AI Council 1899 Vice President
AI Council 1900 Vice President
AI Council 1908 Member
AI Council 1909 Member
AI Council 1910 Member
AI Council 1911 President
AI Council 1912-13 President
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1894.10.17 proposed by Dr Tylor
1926 Rivers Memorial Medal
death noted in the Report of the Council for 1930
Obit: Man 32 (1932)
Notes From Elsewhere
Alfred Percival Maudslay (18 March 1850 – 22 January 1931) was a British colonial diplomat, explorer and archaeologist. He was one of the first Europeans to study Maya ruins.
Born Lower Norwood, Surrey; died Fownhope, Herefordshire. Held various colonial posts in Caribbean and Pacific. His collections from them led to founding of the University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge. Best known for his work in Central America. His Mayan collections are mainly in the British Museum. Honorary degrees from Oxford and Cambridge
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External Publications
Biologia Centrali-Americana: Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna and Flora of Mexico and Central America (reprint), University of Oklahoma Press, 1983. ISBN 978-0-8061-9919-1.
Anne Cary Morris Maudslay and Alfred Percival Maudslay, A Glimpse at Guatemala, and Some Notes on the Ancient Monuments of Central America, London, John Murray, 1899. (Reissued by Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1-108-01704-6)
Life in the Pacific Fifty Years Ago, London: George Routledge & Sons, 1930.
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