Oates, David, 1927-2004 (British archaeologist)
Person
Biography/Historical Note
Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1949, he specialised in archaeology of the Ancient Near East. He was Director of the British Institute for the Study of Iraq between 1965 and 1969 and became Fellow of the British Academy in 1974.
Nationality:
English.
Education:
Graduated in Classics and Archaeology at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1949.
Role within the BSR:
Rome Scholar in Classical Studies, 1949-1951.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
North Africa, 1946 - 1953
File
North Africa, 1946 - 1953
Reference number: AR-07.01.EXCA/3
Scope and Contents
This file is about the archaeological expeditions in Libya, particularly in the regions of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica. Much of it focuses on the archaeological excavations conducted in Libya between 1948 and 1951, particularly in Sabratha and Lepcis Magna, which various British learned institutions and societies supported financially and logistically. Olwen Brogan supervised the Sabratha excavation during the 1948-1951 expedition led by John Bryan Ward-Perkins and Kathleen Kenyon, Institute...
Dates:
1946 - 1953
Oates, Edward Ernest David Michael, 1949 - 1969, Academic years: 1949 - 1950; 1950 - 1951
File
Oates, Edward Ernest David Michael, 1949 - 1969, Academic years: 1949 - 1950; 1950 - 1951
Reference number: AR-01.01.02/9
Scope and Contents
Documents from this file include: extracts from Mr Oates' account of his project work in Tripolitania; reference letters; letter of introduction.
Dates:
Record Keeping: 1949 - 1969; Academic years: 1949 - 1950; 1950 - 1951