Archaeologist born in Cheltenham in 1843 and died in London on July 14, 1900, eldest son of John Davis of Derby, Frederick Davis, trained at the schools of Derby and Belper then engaged in engineering as partner of the Phoenix Foundry and Engineering Works, devoted himself to archaeology as member of the council of the Society of Antiquaries and of the Silchester excavation committee; he wrote a history of the discoveries of the Roman-British city of Silchester and a work on the etymology of place-names in Derbyshire, and was preparing at his death a work on « Misnomers ».
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DAVIS, FREDERICK
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Archéologue ; né à Cheltenham en 1843 ; mort à Londres le 14 juillet 1900. Il était le fils aîné de John Davis de Derby, et avait reçu son éducation aux écoles de Derby et Belper. Entrant dans la profession d'ingénieur, il fut pendant plusieurs années associé aux Phœnix Foundry and Engineering Works de Derby. Il se consacra aux recherches archéologiques et fut élu membre du conseil de la Society of Antiquaries et du Comité des fouilles de Silchester. Davis écrivit une histoire des découvertes de la « Cité romaine britannique de Silchester », ainsi qu'un ouvrage intitulé « The Etymology of Some Derbyshire Race Names », et au moment de sa mort préparait un ouvrage sur « Misnomers ».
