Leonard Halford Dudley Buxton

Leonard Halford Dudley Buxton FSA (1889–1939) was a British anthropologist, he was educated at Radley and Exeter College, Oxford, he was Reader in Physical Anthropology at the University of Oxford between 1928-1939. He conducted field work in Sudan, India, Malta, USA, China and Mesopotamia, and in 1913 he excavated Lapithos in Cyprus with under the direction of professor John Myres. He carried research in Oxford together with anthropologist Beatrice Blackwood. He collected textiles that are currently in the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, the Bankfield Museum in Halifax and the British Museum.[1][2][3] From 1914-1918 he served with the Cameron Highlanders in France and in the Intelligence Service.[4]

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References
  1. Blackwood, Beatrice (1939). "Obituary Notices Leonard Halford Dudley Buxton, D.Sc., F.S.A." Folklore. 50 (2): 204–205. doi:10.1080/0015587X.1939.9718169. ISSN 0015-587X.
  2. "Collections Online | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  3. "L. H. Dudley Buxton: An anthropologist in Cyprus in 1913". Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  4. M., J. L. (1939). "98. Leonard Halford Dudley Buxton. 1890-5 March, 1939". Man. 39: 112–112. ISSN 0025-1496.
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