William Gregory Wood-Martin as Scientist: Exploring the Transition from Antiquarian to Archaeologist at the Turn of the 20th Century

dc.contributor.advisor Martin, Brenden
dc.contributor.author Harris, Lydia A
dc.contributor.committeemember Riley Sousa, Ashley
dc.contributor.committeemember Chappell Hodge, Shannon
dc.contributor.department History en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2018-06-05T20:11:10Z
dc.date.available 2018-06-05T20:11:10Z
dc.date.issued 2018-04-13
dc.description.abstract This thesis aims to restore Wood-Martin to his place in the story of the development of archaeology in Ireland. Not for his contributions alone, but as an individual whose story intersects with events and movements taking place in Europe in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Born amidst the ravages of the Great Famine, and educated in a post-Enlightenment Europe, Wood-Martin is representative of other landed men of his time. Situated within the story of Irish nationalism and the formation of twentieth-century Irish identity, he is part of the story of the formation of the Irish Republic. Integrated into a network of scientists and scholars engaged with understanding the origins of man and the formation of the world as they knew it, grappling with ideas of faith and man’s place in the universe, Wood-Martin exemplifies the individuals who worked to formalize and professionalize the sciences as independent disciplines.
dc.description.degree M.A.
dc.identifier.uri http://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/xmlui/handle/mtsu/5704
dc.publisher Middle Tennessee State University
dc.subject Antiquarian
dc.subject Archaeology
dc.subject Ireland
dc.subject Sligo
dc.subject Wood-Martin
dc.subject.umi History
dc.thesis.degreegrantor Middle Tennessee State University
dc.thesis.degreelevel Masters
dc.title William Gregory Wood-Martin as Scientist: Exploring the Transition from Antiquarian to Archaeologist at the Turn of the 20th Century
dc.type Thesis
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