Sir Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard, FBA 21 September 1902 – 11 September 1973, known as E. E. Evans-Pritchard, was an English anthropologist who was instrumental in the development of social anthropology. He was Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford from 1946 to 1970. Contents 1Education and field work 2Later theories 3Life and family 4Honours 5Gallery 6Bibliography 7References 8Further reading
John Disney 29 May 1779 – 6 May 1857 was an English barrister and antiquarian. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1832 and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1839. Contents 1Life 2Collector 3Works 4Legacy 5Family 6References 7External links Life Born at Flintham Hall in Nottinghamshire, he was the eldest son of John Disney, and his wife Jane Blackburne, daughter of Francis
Glyn Edmund Daniel 23 April 1914 – 13 December 1986 was a Welsh scientist and archaeologist who taught at Cambridge University, where he specialised in the European Neolithic period. He was appointed Disney Professor of Archaeology in 1974 and edited the academic journal Antiquity from 1958 to 1985. In addition to early efforts to popularise archaeological study and antiquity on radio and television, he edited
Sir Barrington Windsor Cunliffe, CBE, FBA, FSA born 10 December 1939, known as Barry Cunliffe, is a British archaeologist and academic. He was Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford from 1972 to 2007. Since 2007, he has been an Emeritus Professor. Contents 1Biography 2Positions and honours 3Works 4References 5External links Biography The dolphin mosaic found by Cunliffe’s team at Fishbourne
David Leonard Clarke 3 November 1937 – 27 June 1976 was an English archaeologist and academic. He is well known for his work on processual archaeology. Contents 1Early life and education 2Academic career 3Selected works 4References 5External links Early life and education[edit] Clarke was born in Kent, England. He studied at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, from which he obtained his PhD in
Sir John Grahame Douglas Clark CBE FBA 28 July 1907 – 12 September 1995, who often published as J. G. D. Clark, was a British archaeologist who specialised in the study of Mesolithic Europe and palaeoeconomics. He spent most of his career working at the University of Cambridge, where he was appointed Disney Professor of Archaeology from 1952 to 1974 and Master of Peterhouse from 1973 to 1980.
Howard Carter 9 May 1874 – 2 March 1939 was an English archaeologist and Egyptologist. He became world-famous after discovering the intact tomb of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh, Tutankhamun in November 1922. Tutankhamun’s tomb is famous because of the treasures it held intact for over three thousand years. It is the best-preserved pharaonic tomb ever found in the Valley of the Kings. Contents
Thomas Geoffrey Bibby 14 October 1917 – 6 February 2001, Aarhus was an English-born archaeologist. He is best known for discovering the ancient state of Dilmun, referred to in Mesopotamian mythology as a paradise. He is often considered to have been the pioneer of Arabian archaeology. Contents 1Biography 2Excavations 3Writings 4References 5External links Biography Thomas Geoffrey Bibby was born on 14 October 1917,
James Theodore Bent 30 March 1852 – 5 May 1897 was an English explorer, archaeologist and author. Contents 1Biography 1.1Archaeological research 2Legacy 3Notes 4References 5External links Biography James Theodore Bent was the son of James Bent of Baildon House, near Bradford, Yorkshire, where he was born. He was educated at Repton School and Wadham College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1875. In 1877 he
Thomas Bateman 8 November 1821 (baptised) – 28 August 1861 was an English antiquary and barrow-digger. Contents 1Biography 2Publications 3References 4External links Biography Thomas Bateman was born in Rowsley, Derbyshire, England, the son of the amateur archaeologist William Bateman. After the death of his father in 1835, Bateman was raised by his grandfather, and from the age of 16 he helped run