Charles Higham

1939 -

country of citizenship: New Zealand

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Raynes Park High School, St Catharine's College, Cambridge

occupation: anthropologist, art historian, archaeologist

award received: Mason Durie Medal, New Zealand Order of Merit, Grahame Clark Medal, Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, James Cook Research Fellowship

position held: professor emeritus, full professor

Charles Franklin Wandesforde Higham (born 1939) is a British-born New Zealand archaeologist most noted for his work in Southeast Asia. Among his noted contributions to archaeology are his work (including several documentaries) about the Angkor civilization in Cambodia, and his current work in Northeast Thailand. He is an emeritus professor at the University of Otago in Dunedin. Source: Wikipedia (en)