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Sir Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan, CBE, FBA, FSA (6 May 1904 – 19 August 1978) 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.
Sir Max Mallowan was a British archaeologist who made major contributions as an excavator and educator. After receiving a degree in classics at New College, Oxford, he began his long career as a field archaeologist. His excavations were carried out in the Near East, at first as assistant to Sir.
Updated 3rd Sep 2021, 13:10 GMT. Agatha Christie with Max Mallowan c.1931 celebrating their marriage aboard a Nile steamer in Egypt. This rarely seen picture of Agatha Christie and her...
Sir Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan, CBE (6 May 1904 – 19 August 1978) was a prominent British archaeologist, specialising in ancient Middle Eastern history, and the second husband of Dame Agatha Christie.
Max Mallowan. Sir Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan, CBE, FBA, FSA (6 May 1904 – 19 August 1978) 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.
Sir Max Mallowan died at his old home in Greenway in Devon on 19 August 1978 at the age of 74. He was a Founder Member of the British Institute of Persian Studies and had been President of
Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan, 1904–78, British archaeologist, educated at Oxford. He participated in the British Museum–Univ. of Pennsylvania excavations at Ur (1925–30) and Nineveh (1931–32), both in present-day Iraq.
This is the first full-length biography of Sir Max Mallowan (1904-78), archaeologist and husband of Agatha Christie. Trained by the great Leonard Woolley at the site of the royal...
Sir Max became the Secretary for AngloTurkish War Relief, but after a year the now distinguished archeologist joined R.A.F. intelligence and saw active service in, of course, the Middle East ...
BIOGRAPHY. Professor of Western Asiatic Archaeology, University of London, 1947–62. President, British School of Archaeology in Iraq, 1970–78. Archaeologist on staff of the British Museum Expedition to Nineveh, 1931–32; later leader of many other archaeological expeditions. Author of Nimrud and Its Remains and others. Primary Contributions (1)