Colin Renfrew

1937 -

country of citizenship: United Kingdom

languages spoken, written or signed: English, Greek

educated at: St John's College, St Albans School

occupation: archaeologist, anthropologist, prehistorian, politician, university teacher

award received: Balzan Prize, International Prize by Fyssen Foundation, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, Fellow of the British Academy, Huxley Memorial Medal

position held: member of the House of Lords, Master, research fellow, Disney Professor of Archaeology

Andrew Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, (born 25 July 1937) is a British archaeologist, paleolinguist and Conservative peer noted for his work on radiocarbon dating, the prehistory of languages, archaeogenetics, neuroarchaeology, and the prevention of looting at archaeological sites. Renfrew was formerly the Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge and Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research and is now a Senior Fellow of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. Source: Wikipedia (en)