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'''Sir Ellis Hovell Minns''', [[Fellow of the British Academy|FBA]] (16 July 1874 – 13 June 1953) was a British academic and [[archaeologist]] whose studies focused on [[Eastern Europe]]. |
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Educated at [[Charterhouse School|Charterhouse]], he went to [[Pembroke College, Cambridge]] studying the Classical [[tripos]] including [[Slavonic language|Slavonic]] and [[Russian language|Russian]].<ref>{{acad|id=MNS893EH|name=Minns, Ellis Hovell}}</ref> He lived briefly in [[Paris]] before moving to [[St Petersburg]] in 1898 to work in the library of the |
Educated at [[Charterhouse School|Charterhouse]], he went to [[Pembroke College, Cambridge]] studying the Classical [[tripos]] including [[Slavonic language|Slavonic]] and [[Russian language|Russian]].<ref>{{acad|id=MNS893EH|name=Minns, Ellis Hovell}}</ref> He lived briefly in [[Paris]] before moving to [[St Petersburg]] in 1898 to work in the library of the Imperial Archaeological Commission. Returning to Cambridge in 1901 he began lecturing in Classics. |
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In 1927, he was appointed [[Disney Professor of Archaeology]], a post he held until 1938. He wrote widely with books including ''Scythians and Greeks'' (1913) and ''The Art of the Northern Nomads'' (1944). He was an authority on Slavonic [[icons]] and in 1943 cleared the Russian translation engraved on the ceremonial "[[Sword of Stalingrad]]" presented by the British people in homage to the defenders of the Russian city. |
In 1927, he was appointed [[Disney Professor of Archaeology]], a post he held until 1938. He wrote widely with books including ''Scythians and Greeks'' (1913)<ref>{{cite journal|title=Review of ''Scythian and Greeks'' by Ellis H. Minns|journal=The Athenaeum|page=139|issue= 4476|date=9 August 1913|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c109524956;view=1up;seq=157}}</ref> and ''The Art of the Northern Nomads'' (1944). He was an authority on Slavonic [[icons]] and in 1943 cleared the Russian translation engraved on the ceremonial "[[Sword of Stalingrad]]" presented by the British people in homage to the defenders of the Russian city. |
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In the [[1945 New Year Honours]], Minns was appointed a [[Knight Bachelor]], and thereby granted the [[title]] ''[[sir]]''.<ref name="LG 29 December 1944">{{London Gazette |issue= 36866 |date= 29 December 1944 |pages= 1–2 |supp= y}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 12:48, 5 June 2023
Sir Ellis Hovell Minns, FBA (16 July 1874 – 13 June 1953) was a British academic and archaeologist whose studies focused on Eastern Europe.
Educated at Charterhouse, he went to Pembroke College, Cambridge studying the Classical tripos including Slavonic and Russian.[1] He lived briefly in Paris before moving to St Petersburg in 1898 to work in the library of the Imperial Archaeological Commission. Returning to Cambridge in 1901 he began lecturing in Classics.
In 1927, he was appointed Disney Professor of Archaeology, a post he held until 1938. He wrote widely with books including Scythians and Greeks (1913)[2] and The Art of the Northern Nomads (1944). He was an authority on Slavonic icons and in 1943 cleared the Russian translation engraved on the ceremonial "Sword of Stalingrad" presented by the British people in homage to the defenders of the Russian city.
In the 1945 New Year Honours, Minns was appointed a Knight Bachelor, and thereby granted the title sir.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Minns, Ellis Hovell (MNS893EH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Review of Scythian and Greeks by Ellis H. Minns". The Athenaeum (4476): 139. 9 August 1913.
- ^ "No. 36866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1944. pp. 1–2.
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