Name |
Alan John Bayard Wace |
|---|---|
Time |
1879-1957 (Date of birth and death) |
Place |
Cambridge (Geburtsort) |
Gender |
männlich |
Profession |
Archäologe (characteristic profession) |
Variant |
Alan J. B. Wace
Alan J.B. Wace A. J. B. Wace A.J.B. Wace
Alan J. Wace
Alan Wace Alan John Wace Bayard Alan John Bayard Wace |
Family |
Elizabeth French (Tochter) |
Further information |
Wace was educated at Shrewsbury School and Pembroke College, Cambridge.[3] He was director of the British School at Athens (1914-1923), Deputy Keeper in the Department of Textiles in the Victoria and Albert Museum (1924-1934), the second Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology at University of Cambridge (1934-1944) and professor at the Farouk I University in Egypt (1943-1952). Among Wace's field projects were those at Sparta, Mycenae, Troy, Thessaly, Corinth, and Alexandria. Along with Carl Blegen, Wace carried out important work on the decipherment of Linear B tablets. |
Source |
LoC-NA |
Record type |
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GND-Identifier |
115861068 |
Record ID |
115861068 |
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