Frank calvert biography
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Frank Calvert
British archaeologist
This article is about the archaeologist and British expatriate. For the Seattle cartoonist, see Frank Calvert (cartoonist).
Frank Calvert (1828–1908) was an English expatriate who was a consular official in the eastern Mediterranean region and an amateur archaeologist. He began exploratory excavations on the mound at Hisarlık (the site of the ancient city of Troy), seven years before the arrival of Heinrich Schliemann.
Early life and education
[edit]Frank Calvert was born into an English Levantine family on Malta, at that time a British naval base, in 1828. He was the youngest of six sons and one daughter born to James Calvert (1778–1852) and Louisa Ann Lander (1792–1867). His mother was the sister of Charles Alexander Lander, James' business partner. In social standing they were of the aristocracy. His father was a distant relative of the Calverts, who had founded Baltimore, Maryland,[1] and Louisa was a direct descendant
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Over the years, since 1871, the finds in the settlement hill of Hissarlik (to the general public better known as Troy) in northwestern Anatolia have been linked to Heinrich Schliemann. Though Schliemann had nominally transformed himself from a businessman into an archaeologist, he had with respect to the exploitation of his work very much retained the tricks of his former trade. One of those tricks was to gloss over the memory of the man who introduced him to the landmarks of the Troad (and, indeed, the hill of Hissarlik), Frank Calvert. The book under review, written by Marcelle Robinson (henceforward is the first elaborate biography of Calvert, a pioneer of archaeological research of the Troad. Since 1993 R has published on Calvert, trying to restore him to the position he—certainly in her opinion—deserves. So far, this book is the culminating point of that effort.
The first 41 pages of this book consist of the preliminary matter: acknowledgements, author’s notes, abbrevia
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Frank Calvert (cartoonist)
American cartoonist
This article is about the Seattle cartoonist. For the archaeologist and British expatriate, see Frank Calvert.
Frank Calvert | |
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Portrait of Frank Calvert c. 1920, from the Seattle daglig Times, July 1, 1920, page 14. | |
| Born | 1876 |
| Died | 1920 Oroville, Washington |
| Occupation | Editorial cartoonist and newspaper illustrator, entrepreneur |
| Language | English |
| Citizenship | USA |
| Notable works | The Cartoon; A Reference Book of Seattle's Successful Men |
| Spouse | Laura Reynolds (married January 7, 1905) [1] |
| Children | three children |
| Relatives | |
Frank Calvert (1876–1920) was a Seattle Times newspaper artist and cartoonist, and member of the Seattle Cartoonists' Club.[3] In 1911, he edited a book for the club, The cartoon; a reference book of Seattle's successful men, which included biographies, photos and caricatures of men the club considered influential in Seattle.
He was also a co-fo