Professor David Gill is Honorary Professor in the Centre for Heritage at the University of Kent, and Academic Associate in the Centre for Archaeology and Heritage in the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures at the University of East Anglia (UEA). He is a Fellow of the RSA and the Society of Antiquaries. In 2012 he received the Outstanding Public Service Award from the Archaeological Institute of America for his research on cultural property.

'[The book] concerns the family history of John Disney (1779–1857), who inherited a very important collection of antiquities, some of which he gave to Cambridge University, where he went on to found the premier chair of archaeology in Britain. - Martin Henig (2021): Journal of the History of Collections

• Introduction ; Chapter 1: The Disney Family ; Chapter 2: The Break with the Church of England ; Chapter 3: Collectors of the Grand Tour: Thomas Hollis and Thomas Brand ; Chapter 4: The Disney-Ffytche Family and Essex ; Chapter 5: Life at The Hyde and its Collection ; Chapter 6: Disney and Learned Societies ; Chapter 7: The Museum Disneianum and Cambridge ; Chapter 8: Going for Gold ; Chapter 9: The Disney Legacy ; Abbreviations ; Bibliography ; Index

Professor David Gill is Honorary Professor in the Centre for Heritage at the University of Kent, and Academic Associate in the Centre for Archaeology and Heritage in the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures at the University of East Anglia (UEA). He is a Fellow of the RSA and the Society of Antiquaries. In 2012 he received the Outstanding Public Service Award from the Archaeological Institute of America for his research on cultural property.

'[The book] concerns the family history of John Disney (1779–1857), who inherited a very important collection of antiquities, some of which he gave to Cambridge University, where he went on to found the premier chair of archaeology in Britain. - Martin Henig (2021): Journal of the History of Collections

• Introduction ; Chapter 1: The Disney Family ; Chapter 2: The Break with the Church of England ; Chapter 3: Collectors of the Grand Tour: Thomas Hollis and Thomas Brand ; Chapter 4: The Disney-Ffytche Family and Essex ; Chapter 5: Life at The Hyde and its Collection ; Chapter 6: Disney and Learned Societies ; Chapter 7: The Museum Disneianum and Cambridge ; Chapter 8: Going for Gold ; Chapter 9: The Disney Legacy ; Abbreviations ; Bibliography ; Index

Professor David Gill is Honorary Professor in the Centre for Heritage at the University of Kent, and Academic Associate in the Centre for Archaeology and Heritage in the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures at the University of East Anglia (UEA). He is a Fellow of the RSA and the Society of Antiquaries. In 2012 he received the Outstanding Public Service Award from the Archaeological Institute of America for his research on cultural property.

'[The book] concerns the family history of John Disney (1779–1857), who inherited a very important collection of antiquities, some of which he gave to Cambridge University, where he went on to found the premier chair of archaeology in Britain. - Martin Henig (2021): Journal of the History of Collections

• Introduction ; Chapter 1: The Disney Family ; Chapter 2: The Break with the Church of England ; Chapter 3: Collectors of the Grand Tour: Thomas Hollis and Thomas Brand ; Chapter 4: The Disney-Ffytche Family and Essex ; Chapter 5: Life at The Hyde and its Collection ; Chapter 6: Disney and Learned Societies ; Chapter 7: The Museum Disneianum and Cambridge ; Chapter 8: Going for Gold ; Chapter 9: The Disney Legacy ; Abbreviations ; Bibliography ; Index