Charles Read
Biographic Data
| ID | 3590803 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles Read |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles |
| FAMILY NAME | Read |
| SIGNATURE | READ C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 43 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 43 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1878 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Irish Famine and Unusual Market Behaviour in Cork
Scholars have long debated whether there was enough food in Ireland to feed the population during the Great Irish Famine; there has been less detailed examination of high-frequency data to understand how markets distributed food after the harvests failed. This article explores a hitherto unused weekly price and quantity data set from the Cork city markets to analyse how markets may have hindered the distribution of available food from 1846 to 184…
Laissez-faire, theIrish famine, andBritish financial crisis
The decision in 1847 to cutTreasury spending on public relief efforts during theIrish famine is generally attributed by economic historians to the pervasive influence of 'laissez-faire' ideas on theWhig government ofLordJohnRussell. This article draws on the papers of political leaders and contemporary financial information to argue that economic reasons were the trigger for the change in policy.RobertPeel andCharles Wood's macroeconomic policies…
The ‘Repeal Year’ in Ireland
Most of the existing literature on the ‘Repeal Year’ agitation in Ireland explains the rise in popularity of the 1842–3 campaign for repeal of the Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland in political and religious terms. This article argues that, in addition, the British government's economic policy of reducing tariffs in 1842 damaged Ireland's agricultural economy and increased popular support for the Repeal movement. Using both qualitati…
P eel, D e G rey and I rish Policy, 1841–1844
Historians have traditionally framed debates over I rish policy in the early 1840s between L ondon and D ublin C astle in sectarian terms. R obert P eel's ‘liberal‐minded’ attitudes towards C atholics have been portrayed as conflicting with his lord lieutenant's, which were supposedly anti‐ C atholic, sectarian and ‘Orange’. Using the Earl de G rey's political papers in addition to P eel's for the first time in historical analysis, this article s…
The ability to manipulate speech sounds depends on knowing alphabetic writing
Passage Dependency in Esl Reading Comprehension Tests
Reading comprehension tests are supposed to measure students' understanding of what they have read; answering a question correctly should depend entirely on information contained in the associated reading passage. However, both teachers and students suspect that general knowledge and sound guessing may enable one to perform substantially better than chance, even with little knowledge of the reading passage. Studies of "passage dependency" in test…
Antiquities from the City of Benin and from Other Parts of West Africa in the British Museum
Children's Judgments of Phonetic Similarities in Relation to English Spelling1
In an investigation of the assumption that children judge sound similarities in the same manner as adults, we studied the salience of particular vocalic and consonantal features in judgments of phonetic similarities by children in grades K-2 and by adults. The task required a judgment concerning which of two real words "sounds more like" a third, nonce, word. A modified design was used with the younger children. The results indicate that children…
Pre-School Children's Knowledge of English Phonology
The author suggests that some preschool children have an unconscious knowledge of aspects of the sound system of English; that these children tacitly organize phonetic segments into categories defined by articulatory features; and that these children base their judgments of phonological relationships on certain specifiable features.
On Two Bone Harpoons from Hornsea, E. Yorks
Guillermo Joaquin de Osma
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A Second Chinese Bronze with Scythian Affinities
A Chinese Bronze with Scythian Affinities
Presidential Address. Primitive Art and its Modern Developments
C. Hercules Read, Presidential Address. Primitive Art and its Modern Developments., The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 48 (Jan. - Jun., 1918), pp. 11-21
The Registration of Works of Art in Occupied Countries
On a Carved Ivory Object from Benin in the British Museum
Two Bronzes of Assyrian Type
III.— On a panel of tapestry of about the year 1400 and probably of English origin
The piece of tapestry that forms the subject of this communication has but the shortest of histories (pl. VII). It formed part of the Heckscher Collection sold at Messrs. Christie's in 1898; and, attracted by the interesting character of the subject and the admirable preservation and brilliant colouring of the fabric itself, I secured it soon after the sale as it was on the point of going abroad. The Heckscher Collection was brought together in V…
Worthington George Smith
Siberian Bronzes and Chinese Jade
IX.— On a Bronze Object of the Late-Celtic Period recently added to the British Museum
Among a large number of weapons and other objects recently transferred from the Tower armouries to the British Museum is one of the curious stirruplike objects of bronze familiar as being found in Late-Celtic burials with the remains of chariots or horses. Unfortunately it has no history
A Bactrian Bronze Ceremonial Axe
XI.— On a Silver Sassanian Bowl of about the year 400 A. D., found in the NW. Provinces of India
The bowl I have the honour to lay before, the Society was sent to me by an Indian correspondent, and I made up my mind at once that it should be secured for the British Museum. On my showing it to my friend Mr. Max Bonn, he was kind enough to offer to present it, and at this moment it is in process of being laid before the Trustees as a gift, through the intermediation of the National Art Collections Fund (pl. XXXV)
II.— On a triptych of the Twelfth Century from the Abbey of Stavelot in Belgium, containing portions of the True Cross
From time to time the Society has the privilege of examining and publishing important examples of mediaeval art brought to its notice by the Fellows. Of these a fair number are fortunately in the safe keeping of museums or corporate bodies in this country, and such are mainly the most important. I have in my mind treasures like the relics of the Black Prince at Canterbury [would that they were better cared for!], the crozier of William of Wykeham…
The Rhodesia Ruins
Notes and queries on anthropology
Children's Judgments of Phonetic Similarities in Relation to English Spelling1
In an investigation of the assumption that children judge sound similarities in the same manner as adults, we studied the salience of particular vocalic and consonantal features in judgments of phonetic similarities by children in grades K-2 and by adults. The task required a judgment concerning which of two real words "sounds more like" a third, nonce, word. A modified design was used with the younger children. The results indicate that children…
Laissez-faire, theIrish famine, andBritish financial crisis
The decision in 1847 to cutTreasury spending on public relief efforts during theIrish famine is generally attributed by economic historians to the pervasive influence of 'laissez-faire' ideas on theWhig government ofLordJohnRussell. This article draws on the papers of political leaders and contemporary financial information to argue that economic reasons were the trigger for the change in policy.RobertPeel andCharles Wood's macroeconomic policies…
P eel, D e G rey and I rish Policy, 1841–1844
Historians have traditionally framed debates over I rish policy in the early 1840s between L ondon and D ublin C astle in sectarian terms. R obert P eel's ‘liberal‐minded’ attitudes towards C atholics have been portrayed as conflicting with his lord lieutenant's, which were supposedly anti‐ C atholic, sectarian and ‘Orange’. Using the Earl de G rey's political papers in addition to P eel's for the first time in historical analysis, this article s…
Antiquities from the City of Benin and from Other Parts of West Africa in the British Museum
The ‘Repeal Year’ in Ireland
Most of the existing literature on the ‘Repeal Year’ agitation in Ireland explains the rise in popularity of the 1842–3 campaign for repeal of the Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland in political and religious terms. This article argues that, in addition, the British government's economic policy of reducing tariffs in 1842 damaged Ireland's agricultural economy and increased popular support for the Repeal movement. Using both qualitati…
The Irish Famine and Unusual Market Behaviour in Cork
Scholars have long debated whether there was enough food in Ireland to feed the population during the Great Irish Famine; there has been less detailed examination of high-frequency data to understand how markets distributed food after the harvests failed. This article explores a hitherto unused weekly price and quantity data set from the Cork city markets to analyse how markets may have hindered the distribution of available food from 1846 to 184…
Passage Dependency in Esl Reading Comprehension Tests
Reading comprehension tests are supposed to measure students' understanding of what they have read; answering a question correctly should depend entirely on information contained in the associated reading passage. However, both teachers and students suspect that general knowledge and sound guessing may enable one to perform substantially better than chance, even with little knowledge of the reading passage. Studies of "passage dependency" in test…
A Chinese Bronze with Scythian Affinities
An Account of a Collection of Ethnographical Specimens Formed During Vancouver's Voyage in the Pacific Ocean, 1790-1795
Charles H. Read, An Account of a Collection of Ethnographical Specimens Formed During Vancouver's Voyage in the Pacific Ocean, 1790-1795, The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 21 (1892), pp. 99-108
Arènes gallo-romaines découvertes à Paris
Exhibition of Ethnological Objects from the Akkas, Northern Assam
Stone Spinning Tops from Torres Straits, New Guinea
On Antiquities from Huasco (Guasco) Chili
Notes and queries on anthropology
An Account of a Collection of Ethnographical Specimens Formed During Vancouver's Voyage in the Pacific Ocean, 1790-1795
Charles H. Read, An Account of a Collection of Ethnographical Specimens Formed During Vancouver's Voyage in the Pacific Ocean, 1790-1795, The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 21 (1892), pp. 99-108
XVIII.— On Excavations in a Cemetery of South Saxons on High Down, Sussex
In the autumn of 1892, Mr. Edwin Henty, in planting trees on his property on High Down Hill, in the parish of Ferring, in Sussex, came upon a number of graves, which, from the character of the relics found in them, were readily determined to be of Saxon origin. Mr. Henty has carefully preserved all that he could secure, but from the unfortunate accident that the men employed in the work were strangers, and not his own workmen, there is reason to …
XIX.— On an ancient Mexican Head-piece, coated with Mosaic
It is comparatively seldom that relics of antiquity from the American continent are laid before the Society. There is one good reason for this, in the impossibility, in most cases, of assigning any date to American antiquities. We may be able, from internal evidence, to show that an object was made after the discovery of the continent, and in that case it belongs to the beginning of modern times. If, on the other hand, there is reason for placing…
X.— Further Excavations in a Cemetery of South Saxons on High Down, Sussex
The first exploration of this cemetery in the autumn of 1893, of which I had the honour of laying an account before the Society was of so interesting a character that it was felt both by Mr. Edwin Henty and myself that it would be desirable to ascertain whether other graves did not exist within the limits of the ancient British camp. With this view the examination of the adjoining ground was made in the autumn of last year, and the results not on…
I.— On some Buildings of the Romano-British Period discovered at Clanville, near Andover, and on a deposit of Pewter Vessels of the same period found at Appleshaw, Hants. With Appendixes
In the immediate neighbourhood of my house in the village of Appleshaw, on the north-western border of Hampshire, the sites are unusually close together of those dwellings of the Romano-British period which are, with a certain vagueness, termed Roman villas. Appleshaw is distant five miles north-west from Andover; one mile north of Andover two Roman roads intersect, the one running from Old Sarum north-easterly to Silchester, the other from Winch…
Relics from Chinese Tombs
A correspondJent of mine in China, an English Jesuit mnissionary in the province of Shen-si, sent homne during the past year the contents of an early medkwval Chinese tomb.I fear that in tbe recent rising against foreigners, he, like nmany other worthy men, has fallen a victim to the deep-seated hatred of the Chinese for the foreigner, and tnat this may be his last consignment.The objects he sent are, from several points of view, of high interest…
VII.— On a Saracenic Goblet of Enamelled Glass of medieval date
During the past five or six years a number of interesting examples of enamelled glass have been sent to Europe from various sites in the nearer East, the principal localities near which they are said to have been found being Damascus, a spot in the neighbourhood of Aleppo, and at Koos and Fostat in Egypt. One of these, the subject of the present paper, has come into my hands for the British Museum collection, through the liberality of Miss Alice …
A Fourth Journey in Persia, 1897-1901
XVII.— On a Morse Ivory Tau Cross Head of English work of the Eleventh Century
The beautiful ivory carving exhibited by the Rev. A. H. Williams (Plate XXVII.) is not only an object of great rarity, but is of exceptional interest from the fact that it is an altogether admirable example of the work of our Saxon ancestors before the Norman Conquest. Although from age and long burial much of its original glory has vanished, enough remains to excite admiration at the cunning skill of the craftsman who fashioned it
Note on a Collection of Gold Objects Found in Sarawak, in the Possession of His Highness the Rajah of Sarawak
VI.— Notes on a Standing Cup of silver gilt with the Arms of William the Silent, the property of the Earl of Yarborough, F.S.A
The cup exhibited by Lord Yarborough, and figured in the annexed plates, is a fine example of the silversmith's work of the time, and is of very special interest as having belonged to one of the most striking characters in modern history. The description of it is as follows
On Two Pottery Vases from the Upper Amazon, Peru
XI. — Note on a Gold Standing Cup in the possession of the Duke of Portland, K.G
Gold plate is of such rare occurrence that I have thought it would be agreeable to the Society to see the very handsome example that the Duke of Portland has been good enough to send up at my request from Welbeck for exhibition. (Plate LXIV.) The metal is evidently of high quality, and the form is by no means inelegant for the period at which it was made. The bowl is beaten into a shell-like form, with elaborate projecting scroll-work enamelled a…
The Rhodesia Ruins
II.— On a triptych of the Twelfth Century from the Abbey of Stavelot in Belgium, containing portions of the True Cross
From time to time the Society has the privilege of examining and publishing important examples of mediaeval art brought to its notice by the Fellows. Of these a fair number are fortunately in the safe keeping of museums or corporate bodies in this country, and such are mainly the most important. I have in my mind treasures like the relics of the Black Prince at Canterbury [would that they were better cared for!], the crozier of William of Wykeham…
XI.— On a Silver Sassanian Bowl of about the year 400 A. D., found in the NW. Provinces of India
The bowl I have the honour to lay before, the Society was sent to me by an Indian correspondent, and I made up my mind at once that it should be secured for the British Museum. On my showing it to my friend Mr. Max Bonn, he was kind enough to offer to present it, and at this moment it is in process of being laid before the Trustees as a gift, through the intermediation of the National Art Collections Fund (pl. XXXV)
A Bactrian Bronze Ceremonial Axe
IX.— On a Bronze Object of the Late-Celtic Period recently added to the British Museum
Among a large number of weapons and other objects recently transferred from the Tower armouries to the British Museum is one of the curious stirruplike objects of bronze familiar as being found in Late-Celtic burials with the remains of chariots or horses. Unfortunately it has no history
III.— On a panel of tapestry of about the year 1400 and probably of English origin
The piece of tapestry that forms the subject of this communication has but the shortest of histories (pl. VII). It formed part of the Heckscher Collection sold at Messrs. Christie's in 1898; and, attracted by the interesting character of the subject and the admirable preservation and brilliant colouring of the fabric itself, I secured it soon after the sale as it was on the point of going abroad. The Heckscher Collection was brought together in V…
Worthington George Smith
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