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Frank Watson Elgee (8 November 1880 - Ormesby, Yorkshire - 7 August 1944 - Alton, Hampshire, England) was a published archaeologist, geologist and naturalist who wrote several books on the North York Moors such as ''The Moorlands of North-Eastern Yorkshire'' (1912),〔https://archive.org/stream/moorlandsofnorth00elge#page/n0/mode/2up〕〔https://archive.org/details/moorlandsofnorth00elge〕 ''The Romans in Cleveland'' (1923) and ''Early Man in North East Yorkshire'' (1930). In 1933 Leeds University conferred on him an Honorary degree of Doctor of Philosophy.〔http://barlow.me.uk/clevelandnats/1948_First_Portfolio.pdf Page34 to P43〕 Photos of Frank Elgee and wife, Harriett Wragg Elgee.〔http://mediasvc.ancestry.com/v2/image/namespaces/1093/media/23b3d006-01ca-43f3-8128-b93fc3bb420d?client=MCCManager&maxSide=160 - photo Frank Elgee and Harriett Wragg Elgee〕〔7.jpg (2160×3240) https://desertislandarchaeologies.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/7.jpg〕 ==Early life and career== He was born in Kings Road, North Ormesby the eldest of four children - Frank Watson (1880), Allan (1883), Edward (1885) and Amy Maria (1887-1942).His father, Thomas (1851-1939) was Clerk and Bookkeeper at the local Pig iron works. His mother, Jane née Coates (1851-1907), was in poor health but dealt with his early education and he attended the local Public Elementary School in North Ormesby. In 1887 he went to Derwent Street Board School〔http://thenandnow.edublogs.org/about/third-enquiry-a-depth-study-what-remains-of-james-pennyman%E2%80%99s-north-ormesby/〕〔http://www.flickr.com/photos/bolckow/sets/72157603868120727/〕 and then in 1893 'The Higher Grade School' that had just opened, later known as 'The Hugh Bell (Grade ) School' with his brother Allan,〔http://rememberwhen.gazettelive.co.uk/2011/03/an-old-school-photograph.html〕 on the corner of Albert Road and Grange Road in Middlesbrough. In May 1888 he caught Scarlet Fever, the results of which disabled him for the rest of his life. He was rendered short sighted and suffered partial deafness. In 1892 his family moved to Middlesbrough and it was Albert Park, Middlesbrough〔http://democracy.middlesbrough.gov.uk/aksmiddlesbrough/images/att1001989.pdf〕 that became his source of interest and his playground. It was here that he contracted pneumonia that rendered him very weak with empyema. For many years he had to use a bath chair. In 1895 he worked at William Jacks & Co, Iron Merchants. This was after a further period of ill health when he was unable to take examinations. In April 1897 he had to leave to have a serious chest operation at North Riding Infirmary. He remained for only a short period and being very weak he was carried by his father so he could die at home. His will to live was very strong and he was taken to recuperate at Ingleby Greenhow at the foot of Urra Moor on which lies the highest point of the North York Moors. It was here he took in the sights of the North Eastern moorland and the blue escarpments, the plant life, insects, birds and observed the Cleveland Hills from his wheelchair. It was the local Vicar of Ingleby Greenhow, The Reverend John Hawell〔http://pygs.lyellcollection.org/content/15/2/331.extract〕 a collector of specimens of natural history, Secretary of Middlesbrough 'Clevelands Natural Field Club' and later President of Cleveland Naturalists,〔http://www.tvrigs.org.uk/4.1.6%20Collectors%20and%20their%20Finds.html#sthash.yNU3IBik.dpbs〕 that attracted him to the subject. This led him to join the Cleveland Naturalist Field Club on his return to Middlesbrough. He became Honorary Assistant Secretary in 1899 and later President.〔http://barlow.me.uk/clevelandnats/1948_First_Portfolio.pdf〕 It was during the period he was not in work that he taught himself the languages Latin, French and German, and studied Botany, Geology, Conchology and Astrology. This three-month stay was a defining moment of his life and he resolved to investigate and understand the origins of the area that had increased and fired his curiosity. The areas near Eston Nab were close by and the main place for his future investigations. He received a prize from The Northern Weekly Gazette for the best contribution on entomology or astronomy. He used this towards bus and train fares or to pay for a night's lodging at a remote moorland farm. This allowed him to cover the whole of the northeast moorland. Frank was able to investigate the moors in the summer and in the winter, and during bad weather he would read and write keeping a careful record of his travels and investigations, and maintain his diaries - he referred to this as 'dry work'. 〔http://www.dormanmuseum.co.uk/documents/FRANKELGEE.pdf〕〔Voice of the Moors (The magazine of the North Yorkshire Moors Association) Issue 76, P8 to P11 of 20, A Tribute on the 60th anniversary year of his death, (Elgee ) - Spring - Summer 2004〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frank Elgee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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