Born: April 17, 1880, London [Died] February 20, 1960, London. British archaeologist. Graduated from New College, Oxford. After working as an assistant at the Ashmolean Museum, he participated in the excavation of Carchemish by the British Museum from 1911 to 1914, directed the joint excavation of Ur by the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania from 1922 to 1934, and excavated Tell Atchana in Turkey from 1936 to 1949. He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Dublin. His books include Ur of the Chaldees (1929), Digging up the Past (30), and A Forgotten Kingdom (53). Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
[生]1880.4.17. ロンドン [没]1960.2.20. ロンドン イギリスの考古学者。オックスフォード大学ニュー・カレッジ卒業。アシュモール博物館助手を経て,1911~14年大英博物館によるカルケミシュ発掘に参加,22~34年大英博物館とペンシルバニア大学の合同によるウル発掘を指揮,36~49年トルコのテル・アッチャナを発掘した。ダブリン大学より名誉学位を得た。著書には『カルデアのウル』 Ur of the Chaldees (1929) ,『過去を発掘する』 Digging up the Past (30) ,『忘れられた王国』A Forgotten Kingdom (53) などがある。 出典 ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典について 情報 |
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