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Franks, Sir Augustus Wollaston, 1826-1897 (Knight, collector and museum keeper)

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Biography

Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks (1826-97), knight, collector and museum keeper, was born at Geneva on 20 March 1826. Franks was educated at Eton College (1839-43) and at Trinity College, Cambridge (1845-9). He was one of the founders of the Cambridge Architectural Society and a member of the Ray Society and of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. He wrote many pithy notes in the Archaeological Journal, and had published books on oriental glass and enamels (1861) and on Arabian inscriptions (1863). He was created KCB in 1894, was an honorary doctor of both Oxford and Cambridge, a fellow of the Royal Society, antiquary to the Royal Academy, and (after his retirement in 1896) he was made a trustee of the British Museum and a member of its standing committee. Franks died of cancer of the bowel on 21 May 1897 at 11 Duchess Street, Portland Place, London, and was buried in Kensal Green cemetery.

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Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks: Correspondence to Robert Cust and Letitia Gaussen, 1878-1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/501-503
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.

Dates: 1878-1895
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

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