See also
Husband: | Martin Alistair Campbell Hinton (1883-1961) | |
Wife: | Dina Portway (1885-1968) | |
Marriage | 1949 | Holborn, London |
Name: | Martin Alistair Campbell Hinton | |
Sex: | Male | |
Father: | - | |
Mother: | - | |
Birth | 29 Jun 1883 | Westbourne Park, London |
Birth fact | 1883 (age 0) | 1883 Sep Qtr, Kensington, 1a/23 |
Census | 1901 (age 17-18) | Barrister's clerk, 53 Carlyle Road, East Ham |
Death fact | 1961 (age 77-78) | 1961 Dec Qtr, Bristol, 7b/281 (aged 78) |
Death | 3 Oct 1961 (age 78) | Southmead Hospital, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, Gloucestershire |
Name: | Dina Portway | |
Sex: | Female | |
Father: | Harry Harvey Portway (1857-1929) | |
Mother: | Harriet Amy Cook (1860-1914) | |
Birth | 1885 | Halstead, Essex |
Census | 1901 (age 15-16) | Boarder, at school in Bedford |
Death fact | 1968 (age 82-83) | 1968 Mar Qtr, Depwade, 4b/702 (aged 82) |
Death | 3 Mar 1968 (age 82-83) | Scole Lodge Nursing Home, Scole, Diss, Norfolk |
Volunteer worker British Museum (Natural History) from 1910; Assist. 1921; Deputy Keeper, 1927; Keeper of Zoology, 1936-45; has made special study of living and fossil rodents and of the Pleistocene geology of Southern Britain; has given much attention to economic problems connected with whaling, rats and mice, vole plagues, and the musk rat in Great Britain and Western Europe; reported on Barrett-Hamilton researches on whales in South Georgia to the Colonial Office, 1915; has studied many hoaxes including the Loch Ness Monster. Since 1945 devoted to mathematics and astro-navigation. (Source: Who's Who, 1957)
According to the scientific literature, many authorities believe Martin Hinton to have been the perpetrator of the "Piltdown Man" forgery in 1912, one of the most famous scientific hoaxes of all time. See for example "The Piltdown forgery: a re-statement of the case against Hinton" by Brian G Gardner:
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00079.x
(The full article can be downloaded from the site.)
HINTON Martin Alister Campbell of Glaisters Wrington Somersetshire died 3 October 1961 at Southmead Hospital Westbury-on-Trym Bristol. Probate Bristol 24 January 1962 to Dina Portway Dobson Hinton widow. Effects £1276 7s.
DOBSON-HINTON Dina Portway of Scole Lodge Nursing Home Scole Diss Norfolk died 3 March 1968. Probate London 2 August. £758.