Augustus Wollaston Franks
✓ Source-basedstableBritish museum administrator
Lived 1826 to 1897 · aged 71
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Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks was a British antiquarian and museum administrator. Franks was described by Marjorie Caygill, historian of the British Museum, as "arguably the most important collector in the history of the British Museum, and one of the greatest collectors of his age."
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Lived 1826 to 1897 · aged 71
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