Kathleen Kenyon
1906
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1978
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United Kingdom
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Somerville College, St Paul's Girls' School
occupation: archaeologist, college head
award received: Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Fellow of the British Academy, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
position held: college head
Dame Kathleen Mary Kenyon, (5 January 1906 – 24 August 1978) was a British archaeologist of Neolithic culture in the Fertile Crescent. She led excavations of Tell es-Sultan, the site of ancient Jericho, from 1952 to 1958, and has been called one of the most influential archaeologists of the 20th century. She was Principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford, from 1962 to 1973, having undertaken her own studies at Somerville College, Oxford. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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