PRYCE
,
FREDERICK NORMAN
(
1888
-
1953
),
museum curator
;
b.
19 Aug. 1888
in
Welshpool, Mont.
, the s. of
T.W.
Pryce
and his wife. Following his education at the local grammar school he entered the
University College of Wales
,
Aberystwyth
, where he graduated with a first class in
Latin
in
1908
and similarly in
Greek
in
1909
. He was appointed to the staff of the
British Museum
in
1911
, promoted
Assistant Keeper
in
1934
and
Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities
1936-39
. He served in the
Middle East
in
World War I
(and was
mentioned in dispatches
twice) and in intelligence in
World War II
. He was the
editor
of the
Journal of Hellenic Studies
,
1924-38
, and the
author of numerous papers on history and archaeology
and of standard catalogues of classical antiquities.
He m.
Ruby
Sewell
in
1925
and he d. at his home,
31 Erw Wen
,
Welshpool
,
14 Oct. 1953
.
Author:
Dr Brynley Francis Roberts, Aberystwyth
