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Vaux, William Sandys Wright, 1818-1885
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1818-1885
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VAUX, WILLIAM SANDYS WRIGHT, only son of William Vaux (qv), and his first wife; b. 28 Feb 1818; adm. 6 Apr 1831 (Stikeman's); left 1836; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Mar 1836; BA 1840; MA 1841; Assistant, Department of Antiquities, British Museum 1841-61; Keeper, Department of Coins and Medals Jan 1861- Oct 1870; catalogued the coin collection in the Bodleian Library, Oxford 1871-6; Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, from Nov 1875; Secretary, Royal Society of Literature; President, Numismatic Society of London 1855-74; FSA 2 Apr 1846; FRS 4 Jun 1868; author, Nineveh and Persepolis, 1850, and other publications, largely on the history and antiquities of the Middle East; m. 11 Jul 1861 Louisa, eldest dau. of Francis Rivington, Harley Street, London, publisher; d. 21 Jun 1885. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.