Henry Christy

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Henry Christy

British ethnologist

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- Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
  …of many collectors, including banker-ethnologist Henry Christy, whose large collection entered the museum in 1883. Franks did much to classify and arrange the museum collections and published many catalogs, guides, and papers. He was knighted in 1894.
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  …of many collectors, including banker-ethnologist Henry Christy, whose large collection entered the museum in 1883. Franks did much to classify and arrange the museum collections and published many catalogs, guides, and papers. He was knighted in 1894.
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- Sir Edward Burnett Tylor
  Early life and travels
  …be the archaeologist and ethnologist Henry Christy. Christy was on his way to Mexico to study remnants of the ancient Toltec culture in the Valley of Mexico. The two became friends, and Christy persuaded Tylor to accompany him on his expedition.
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  …be the archaeologist and ethnologist Henry Christy. Christy was on his way to Mexico to study remnants of the ancient Toltec culture in the Valley of Mexico. The two became friends, and Christy persuaded Tylor to accompany him on his expedition.
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