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{{Short description|English archaeologist and caver (1885 – 1968)}} |
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[[File:The entrance to Swildon's Hole - geograph.org.uk - 597875.jpg|thumb|Dina Portway Dobson-Hinton was the first woman to descend the 40-foot pot at Swildon's Hole in the Mendip Hills in 1922]] |
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'''Dina Portway Dobson-Hinton''' (1885 – 1968) was an English archaeologist and pioneering caver. As well as teaching and writing on on prehistory and ancient history, she explored caves in the [[Mendip Hills]] and advocated for women in magistracy. |
'''Dina Portway Dobson-Hinton''' (1885 – 1968) was an English archaeologist and pioneering caver. As well as teaching and writing on on prehistory and ancient history, she explored caves in the [[Mendip Hills]] and advocated for women in magistracy. |
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== Caving == |
== Caving == |
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[[File:Eastwater Cavern - geograph.org.uk - 4906901.jpg|thumb|The entrance to Eastwater Cavern]] |
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Dina Portway was reported to be the first woman to descend [[Eastwater Cavern]] in 1920 and the first woman to descend the forty-foot pot in [[Swildon's Hole|Swildon’s Hole]] in 1922.<ref>{{Cite web |title=British Caving Library |url=https://caving-library.org.uk/catalogue/BCL/code/php/library.php?action=search&lib=&type=any&search=author&search_string=Tratman,E.K. |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=caving-library.org.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Tratman |first=E.K. |date=Jun 1968 |title=Newsletter |journal=Cave Research Group of Great Britain |pages=10-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lloyd |first=O.C. |date=Jun 1956 |title=Mrs Dobson |journal=Wessex Cave Club |volume=55}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Shaw |first=Trevor |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x_wAEAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA88&dq=dina+portway+dobson-hinton&hl=en |title=A Biographical Bibliography |last2=Ballinger |first2=Christine |date=2020 |publisher=Založba ZRC |isbn=978-961-05-0444-3 |language=en}}</ref> She served as President of the Axbridge Archaeological Society and Caving Group.<ref name=":0" /> |
Dina Portway was reported to be the first woman to descend [[Eastwater Cavern]] in 1920 and the first woman to descend the forty-foot pot in [[Swildon's Hole|Swildon’s Hole]] in 1922.<ref>{{Cite web |title=British Caving Library |url=https://caving-library.org.uk/catalogue/BCL/code/php/library.php?action=search&lib=&type=any&search=author&search_string=Tratman,E.K. |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=caving-library.org.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Tratman |first=E.K. |date=Jun 1968 |title=Newsletter |journal=Cave Research Group of Great Britain |pages=10-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lloyd |first=O.C. |date=Jun 1956 |title=Mrs Dobson |journal=Wessex Cave Club |volume=55}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Shaw |first=Trevor |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x_wAEAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA88&dq=dina+portway+dobson-hinton&hl=en |title=A Biographical Bibliography |last2=Ballinger |first2=Christine |date=2020 |publisher=Založba ZRC |isbn=978-961-05-0444-3 |language=en}}</ref> She served as President of the Axbridge Archaeological Society and Caving Group.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Dina Portway Dobson-Hinton (1885 – 1968) was an English archaeologist and pioneering caver. As well as teaching and writing on on prehistory and ancient history, she explored caves in the Mendip Hills and advocated for women in magistracy.
Early life and education
She was born Dina Portway on 3 March 1885, the eldest of six children of stove manufacturer H. Portway. Educated at Bedford High School, she studied history at Newnham College, Cambridge between 1903 and 1906. Cambridge did not award degrees to women at that time, but she received her Litt.D. from Trinity College Dublin.[1]
Between 1906 and 1910 she taught at the High Schools of Edgbaston and Manchester.[1]
Caving
Dina Portway was reported to be the first woman to descend Eastwater Cavern in 1920 and the first woman to descend the forty-foot pot in Swildon’s Hole in 1922.[2][3][4][5] She served as President of the Axbridge Archaeological Society and Caving Group.[1]
Archaeology
Dina wrote several works on prehistory and ancient history, her most notable being The Archaeology of Somerset (1931), as well as being a prolific contributor of articles and reviews to journals.[6] From 1926 she gave radio talks on prehistoric archaeology.[7] She was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1934.[1]
Women in magistracy
Serving as Justice of the Peace for over thirty years (1937 – 1968) and on the Bristol City Council 1938 – 1947, in 1949 Dina toured Egypt, speaking on 'women in the British magistracy and women’s institutes.'[8] She was also President of a branch of the Soroptomists Club.[1]
Personal life
She married, first, Greek professor John Dobson (who died in 1947) and second, Martin Hinton, a retired zoo keeper and palaeontologist who was one of the suspects in the Piltdown Man hoax (who died in 1961).[1][9] She had six children.[1]
One obituary records that 'Her most important work was undoubtedly the inspiring of the younger generation.’ One of her protégés wrote in the Bristol Archaeological Research Group bulletin that ‘beginners turned naturally to her for advice. No-one ever applied to her in vain.'[10]
Select works
- The Archaeology of Somerset (1931)[11]
- A Book of Prehistory (1933)
- A Book of Ancient History (1934)
- Early Man (1950)
- Clothing and Costume (1955)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Lloyd, Oliver C. (1968). "Obituary - Dina Portway Dobson-Hinton, Litt.D., F.S.A." (PDF). University of Britsol Spelaeological Society. 11.
- ^ "British Caving Library". caving-library.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ Tratman, E.K. (Jun 1968). "Newsletter". Cave Research Group of Great Britain: 10–11.
- ^ Lloyd, O.C. (Jun 1956). "Mrs Dobson". Wessex Cave Club. 55.
- ^ Shaw, Trevor; Ballinger, Christine (2020). A Biographical Bibliography. Založba ZRC. ISBN 978-961-05-0444-3.
- ^ "Search results | JSTOR". www.jstor.org. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ Mizoguchi, Koji; Smith, Claire E. (2019-06-27). Global Social Archaeologies: Making a Difference in a World of Strangers. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-59675-5.
- ^ Catalogue descrip. 1948–1950.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ^ New Scientist. New Science Publications. 1990. p. 16.
- ^ Sykes, C.M. (1977). "Archaeological Personalities: Dina Portway Dobson" (PDF). Bristol and Avon Archaeological Research Group bulletin. 6 (2): 34.
- ^ Dobson, Dina Portway (1931). The Archaeology of Somerset. Methuen.