Percy Neville Ure | |
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| Born | (1879-05-10)May 10, 1879 |
| Died | April 3, 1950(1950-04-03) (aged 70) |
| Occupation | Professor of Classics |
| Employer | University of Reading |
| Organization | Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology |
| Spouse | Annie Ure |
Percy Neville Ure M.A. (10 May 1879[1] – 3 April 1950[2]) was theUniversity of Reading's first Professor of Classics (1911–1946) and the founder of theUre Museum of Greek Archaeology at Reading. His wife and former pupil at Reading,Annie Ure (1893–1976),[1] was the museum's first Curator from 1922 until her death.[1][3][4] The Ures were experts on Greek and Egyptian antiquities, and particularly Greek ceramics. WithRonald M. Burrows, they undertook important excavations atRhitsona inBoeotia, Greece.[5]
Percy has been described as "an inveterate picker-up of fragments"[6] which he acquired wherever he could, including from children or discarded under bushes at archaeological sites like Rhitsona orMycenae. Many were packed in the boxes of Percy's favourite cigarettes. He also accepted a donation of "battered" items from theBritish Museum. Percy collected plain and functional items neglected by other scholars, believing that they might be as informative as more attractive pieces.[6]
Together the Ures enjoyed a passion for Greek ceramics and Boeotian pottery in particular. They wrote several important books on finds at Rhitsona as well as over fifty articles on Greek pottery. In 1954 they produced an important volume in the international series,Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, which covered about half of the current Ure Museum collection.[clarification needed]
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