Ian Wolfran Cornwall (28 November 1909 – 18 November 1994) was a British archaeologist, academic and author. After working for the United Kingdom in their censorship department from 1939 to 1945, Cornwall began working for the University of London as a secretary in 1948. Years later, Cornwall starting teaching archaeology at London in 1951 and continued to teach at the university until 1974. While at London, Cornwall was part of a 1954 skeletal excavation at Tell es-Sultan. He also took part at excavations held at York and Knossos during the late 1950s. As an author, Cornwall wrote several books during the late 1950s to early 1970s. Of his works, The Making of Man received the 1961 Carnegie Medal. Source: Wikipedia (en)