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WILLIAM RIDGEWAY, a son of the Rev. J. H. Ridgeway, of Ballydermot, King's County, was born in 1853; he had a brilliant career in Trinity College, Dublin, and later at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, graduating as fifth Classic in 1880, and was elected a fellow of his College. In 1883 he was appointed to the chair of Greek in Queen's College, Cork, and while holding that appointment he resided for five months each year in Cambridge. In 1892 he was elected to the Disney professorship of archaeology in Cambridge, and shortly afterwards resigned his chair at Cork. He was re-elected a fellow of his College, and had also been Brereton reader in classics since 1907. He was. Gifford lecturer in natural religion. University of Aberdeen, in 1909-11; Stokes lecturer in Irish archaeology, Dublin, 1909; and Hermione lecturer in art, Dublin, 1911. He was president of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 1908-10; of the Anthropological Section of the British Association, 1908; and had been president of the Cambridge Philological, Antiquarian, Classical and Anthropological Societies. He was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 1904, and was a foreign member of various learned societies in Europe. His learning was recognised by other universities, and he had conferred on him Hon. D.Litt. Dublin, 1902; Hon. D.Litt. Manchester, 1906; Hon. LL.D. Aberdeen, 1908; and gained the Sc.D. of Cambridge for his work on the horse. He was knighted in 1919. He wrote numerous contributions to classical, philological, anthropological, zoological and other journals, and the following books: “Origin of Metallic Currency and Weight Standards,” 1892; “The Early Age of Greece,” 1901; “The Origin and Influence of the Thoroughbred Horse,” 1905; “The Origin of Tragedy,” 1910.
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HADDON, A. Sir William Ridgeway. Nature 118, 275–276 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118275a0
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