Mallowan, M. E. L. (Max Edgar Lucien)

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Summary: Sir Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan, was a prominent British archaeologist and academic, specializing in the Ancient Near East. Having studied classics at Oxford University, he was trained for archaeology by Leonard Woolley at Ur and Reginald Campbell Thompson at Nineveh. He then directed a number of archaeological expeditions sponsored by the British Museum and the British School of Archaeology in Iraq. He was the second husband of Agatha Christie, having met her during the excavation at Ur in 1930. He served in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War, and then entered academia. He was Professor of Western Asiatic Archaeology at the University of London (1947–1962) and a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford (1962–1971). Wikipedia
Encyclopædia Britannica: Biography [5]
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][3][4][5]
Born: 1904-05-06 [2]
Birth Place: London [2][5]
Died: 1978-08-19 [2]
Death Place: Churston Ferrars (Royaume-Uni) [3]; Wallingford [5]
Country: Great Britain [2]; Iraq [2]; Syria [2]
Language: English [3]
Occupation: anthropologist [5]; archaeologist [5]; university teacher [5]
Employer: UCL Institute of Archaeology [5]
Educated at: New College [5]
Country of Education: United Kingdom [5]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. Library of Congress; 5. Wikidata

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