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Notable members of Edinburgh University's School of History, Classics and Archaeology: Lord Abercromby – author of distinguished research on Bronze Age pottery; Abercromby Professors of Archaeology. Vere Gordon Childe – first holder of the Abercromby Chair [3] Stuart Piggott – second holder of the Abercromby Chair
He was emeritus professor of archaeology at the University of Edinburgh. [1] [2] Early life and education ... (1963) and his PhD (1968) at Birmingham University.
Abercromby Professorship of Archaeology is a chair at the University of Edinburgh.It was endowed in the will of John Abercromby, 5th Baron Abercromby (1841–1924), who left instructions to establish a chair in prehistoric archaeology at the university.
Trevor Watkins is a British archaeologist and emeritus professor of Near Eastern prehistory at the University of Edinburgh. [1] He has worked extensively on the Neolithic Revolution in Southwest Asia, [2] including translating Jacques Cauvin's seminal work The Birth of the Gods and the Origins of Agriculture into English.
This is a list of notable graduates as well as non-graduate former students, academic staff, and university officials of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.It also includes those who may be considered alumni by extension, having studied at institutions that later merged with the University of Edinburgh.
Following her PhD she held a postdoctoral research position at Cambridge and the British Institute in Ankara. [3] Matthews' research has been key in the development of archaeological sediment micromorphology, particularly applied to buildings and occupation sequences, and she is known for her work at the Çatalhöyük UNESCO World Heritage Site in Turkey. [4]
William Zimmerle has a BA in History and Anthropology from Fairleigh Dickinson University, a Master of Divinity in Religion and Ancient Languages from Harvard University, a PhD in Near Eastern Languages and Civilization from the University of Pennsylvania, and a PgCert in Intellectual Property Law from the University of Edinburgh.
Jill Burke is British historian, art historian and writer best known for her work on the art and culture of Renaissance Italy.. She is Professor of Renaissance Visual and Material Culture in the University of Edinburgh School of History, Classics and Archaeology.