De Cardi, Beatrice

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Excavations at Bampur, a third millennium settlement in Persian Baluchistan, 1966
Book 1970

Summary: Beatrice Eileen de Cardi, was a British archaeologist, specializing in the study of the Persian Gulf and the Baluchistan region of Pakistan. She was president of the British Foundation for the Study of Arabia, and she was Secretary of the Council for British Archaeology from 1949 to 1973. At the end of her career, she was the world's oldest practising archaeologist. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Female [1][3][4]; Unknown [2]
Born: 1914 [2]; 1914-06-05 [4]
Birth Place: Ealing [4]
Died: 2016 [2]; 2016-07-05 [4]
Death Place: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital [4]
Country: Great Britain [2]
Occupation: anthropologist [4]; archaeologist [4]
Profession: Anthropologin [2]
Employer: London Museum [4]; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office [4][4]; Council for British Archaeology [4]; Foreign Office [4]
Educated at: St Paul's Girls' School [4]; University College London [4]
Country of Education: United Kingdom [4]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. Wikidata

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