Herodes Britannicus: Funding Excavations in Laconia

The BSA struggled to raise money for its work. The £500 grant from the British government in effect covered the director's stipend. Special funds were created for specific projects, notably the Laconian Exploration Fund. George Macmillan, as chairman of the Managing Committee, had made an appeal in...

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BSA and Museum Catalogues

John L. Myres held to prepare a Catalogue of the Cyprus Museum (1899) that presented some of the work of the Cyprus Exploration Fund directed by Ernest Gardner. He subsequently researched the catalogue of the Cesnola Collection in New York.As part of Bosanquet's work in Laconia, M.N. Tod and A.J.B. Wace prepared A Catalogue of the Sparta Museum (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906). This led to invitation...

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Publishing the results of BSA projects

Articles on BSA projects were initially published in The Journal of Hellenic Studies and then in The Annual of the British School at Athens (from vol. 1 for the session 1894/95). Reports on major projects (Megalopolis, Phylakopi and Sparta) then appeared as Supplementary Papers for the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies:Gardner, E. A., W. Loring, G. C. Richards, W. J. Woodhouse, and R....

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Epigraphy and Cambridge students

Ernest Stewart Roberts (1847-1912) was one of the significant influences on Cambridge students for the study of epigraphy. He was college lecturer in classics at Gonville & Caius (and later Master). One of his students was Ernest Gardner (1862-1939), the first student at and second director of the...

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Sparta 1910: the excavation team

The 1910 team consisted of:Richard Dawkins (director)Wilfrid J. FarrellHenry A. OrmerodPublications:Dawkins, R. M. 1909/10a. "Laconia I. Excavations at Sparta, 1910. § 1. The season's work." Annual of the British School at Athens 16: 1-3.—. 1909/10b. "Laconia I. Excavations at Sparta, 1910. § 2. The...

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Sparta 1909: the excavation team

The 1909 team consisted of:Richard Dawkins (director)Alan WaceJohn P. DroopA.M. WoodwardMaurice S. ThompsonWalter George (draughtsman and surveyor)Publications:Dawkins, R. M. 1908/9. "Laconia I. Excavations at Sparta, 1909. § 1. The season's work." Annual of the British School at Athens 15: 1-4.—. 1908/09....

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Sparta 1908: the excavation team

The 1908 team consisted of:Richard Dawkins (director)Alan WaceGuy DickinsJohn P. DroopA.M. Woodward'other students'Publications:Dawkins, R. M. 1907/08a. "Laconia I. Excavations at Sparta, 1908. § 1. The season's work." Annual of the British School at Athens 14: 1-3.—. 1907/08b. "Laconia I. Excavations...

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Sparta 1907: the excavation team

The 1907 team consisted of:Richard Dawkins (director)Alan WaceGuy DickinsJohn P. DroopOccasional help was provided by:H.J.W. TillyardT.E. PeetA.M. WoodwardW.S. GeorgePublications:Dawkins, R. M. 1906/07a. "Laconia I. Excavations at Sparta, 1907. § 1. The season's work and summary of results." Annual...

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Sparta 1906: the excavation team

The 1906 team consisted of:Robert Carr Bosanquet (Director)Guy DickinsH.J.W. TillyardMr Sejk (surveyor)Ramsay Traquair (architect)Later the team was joined byAlan WaceRichard Dawkins (who took charge of the work at the sanctuary of Artemis Orthia)Publications:Bosanquet, R. C. 1905/06a. "Laconia II....

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