Arthur John Newman ('AJN') Tremearne
| Capt.; Major Arthur John Newman ('AJN') Tremearne | |||||||
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| Born | 1877 | ||||||
| Died | 1915 | ||||||
| Residence |
Nigerian Service, Christ’s College, Cambridge and 1 Bateman Street, Cambridge [A63] Tudor House, Blackheath Park, SE [1909] | ||||||
| Occupation |
armed services ethnologist explorer | ||||||
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Notes
Office Notes
House Notes
1909.07.09 proposed by W. Ridgeway, seconded by A.C. Haddon
death noted in the report of the council for 1915. killed in France (elected 1910, obituary notice appeared in Man,1915, 109).
Notes From Elsewhere
Arthur John Newman Tremearne , known under the abbreviation AJN Tremearne (* 1877 in Melbourne , † 1915 ), was a British major, ethnologist and African explorer. He wrote important ethnographical works about the inhabitants of northern Nigeria and the Hausa .
As an ethnological classic, his work is The Ban of the Bori . Demons and demon-dancing in West and North-Africa on the traditional obsession with Hausa.
Arthur John Newman Tremearne was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in 1878 to Ada and John Tremearne.
Arthur John Newman Tremearne married Mary Louisa Tremearne in 1906
25 Sep. 1915 Arthur John Newman Tremearne died in 1915 and was killed in action.
Arthur John Newman TREMEARNE, known under the acronym AJN Tremearne, (born 1877 in Melbourne) was a British Major, ethnologist and African researcher. He wrote important ethnographic works on the inhabitants of northern Nigeria and the Hausa. At Loos the 8/Seaforths were in the first wave and left their trenches near to the Lens Road redoubt and made good progress towards Loos village. The passed through the German second line and moved towards Hill 70, the Divisional objective. Unfortunately as battalions moved through Loos they became very confused and the momentum and direction of the attack stalled. The amalgamated groups from 44th and 46th Brigades moved up and over Hill 70 resembling a mob rather than a cohesive force and inevitably the Germans were able to counter attack and hold the important Hill 70 Redoubt that dominated the approaches. The Official History states that the CO of the 8/Seaforths was killed as the battalion moved towards Hill 70 and that his second in command (who we believe to be Major TREMEARNE) was killed soon after. Arthur TREMEARNE was the Junior Deacon in his lodge. He was by profession a barrister and was educated at Christ's College (Cambridge). A photo of him appeared in the Illustrated London News Oct 23 1915. Sources; Official History Military Operations France & Belgium 1915 Vol II. Hausa Superstitions and Customs: an Introduction to the Folk-Lore and the Folk (Library of African Study) by Tremearne, Major A.J.N. Published 1913 Ban of the Bori:Demons and Demon Dancing in West and North Africa by Tremearne, Major A.J.N Published 1914
Son of Ada Tremearne, of Melbourne, Australia, and the late John Tremearne. M.R.C.S. (England); husband of Mary Tremearne, of Tudor House, Blackheath Park, London.
M.A., Christ's College (Cambridge), LL.M., M.Sc.
"The Battle of Loos (25 September to 18 October 1915) was the major battle on the Western Front in 1915, surpassing in every respect all that had gone before in terms of numbers of men and materiel committed to battle. The preliminary bombardment was the most violent to date and the battle was charaterised by the committment of Regular and Territorial battalions on a large scale, in which the Territorials performed just as well as the Regulars. As the battles on the Western Front in 1915 increased in size and violence, so the casualties increased in proportion: Neuve Chapelle 12,000, Aubers Ridge/Festubert 29,000 , Loos 60,000. 1916 was to take the casualty cost to another level. Loos was intended as a minor role in support of French efforts around Arras but circumstances reduced the French effort. It marked the first use of poison gas by the British. Once the initial assualt had failed the battle continued in a series of actions mostly focused on the northern sector around the tactically important Hohenzollern Redoubt."
Masonic : Mother Lodge: Royal Colonial Institute No. 3556 E.C. Province/District : London
Publications
External Publications
The Niger and the West Sudan, 1910
The tailed head-hunters of Nigeria: an account of the Northern Nigerian Pagan Belt; And a description of the manners, habits, and customs of the native tribes. London, 1912
Hausa superstitions and customs: an introduction to the folk-lore and the folk. London 1913. As PDF (62 MB)
Some Austral-African notes and anecdotes. John Bale Sons & Danielsson, London, 1913
The Ban of the Bori. Demons and demon-dancing in West and North-Africa. London 1914, reprint: Frank Cass Publishers, London 1968
Contribution in Georg Buschan (eds.): The manners of the peoples. Vol. 2, Union Deutsche Verlagsges., Stuttgart, circa 1920
House Publications
49. A new head-measure in Man vol. 15 1915 pp. 87-88