William Ockelford Oldman was born in Lincolnshire and married Dorothy K. Oldman. He lived in Brixton Hill (London), where he was a collector and dealer of ‘exotic artefacts’, mostly Polynesian. Elected Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute in May 1905, he was also a life member of the Polynesian Society. From 1928/29 to his death, he lived at Poynders Road, Clapham Park, London.
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