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The Keeper of Prehistoric and Romano-British Antiquities was head of the Department of Prehistoric and Romano-British Antiquities. The department was created from the Department of British and Medieval Antiquities in 1969. [12] 1973–1995: Ian Heaps Longworth [13] 1995–2000: Timothy W. Potter
Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode (1730–1799), trustee 1784–1799, a major collector of prints and books, who left his important collections to the museum. Charles Townley (1737–1805), trustee from 1791, his vast collection of Graeco-Roman marbles, bronzes and terracottas was acquired by the museum after his death, and a family trustee seat created.
Pages in category "People associated with the British Museum" The following 67 pages are in this category, out of 67 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The museum's first notable addition towards its collection of antiquities, since its foundation, was by Sir William Hamilton (1730–1803), British Ambassador to Naples, who sold his collection of Greek and Roman artefacts to the museum in 1784 together with a number of other antiquities and natural history specimens.
Pages in category "Trustees of the British Museum" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The actual governance of the British Museum, however, is delegated to its board of trustees. [1] At the museum's inception its most senior member of staff was called "principal librarian". The job title became "director and principal librarian" in 1898, and "director" in 1973, on the separation of the British Library from the museum.
Past and present employees of the British Museum, London. This excludes employees of the British Museum that worked only in departments that later formed part of the Natural History Museum (split from the British Museum in 1963) or the British Library (split from the British Museum in 1973). Some employees may belong to more than one of these ...
Objects in the collection of the British Museum, London, England, sorted by department. See also Category:British Library collections, which were part of the British Museum before the establishment of the British Library in 1973.