John Percival Droop

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John Percival Droop (4 October 1882 – 26 September 1963) was a British classical archaeologist. He served as the professor of classical archaeology at the University of Liverpool from 1921 to 1948. Afterwards, he examined and analyzed an Ancient Greek bowl form, dating from the 5th century BC, which would later become known as Droop cups.

[edit] Works

• "The dates of the vases called 'Cyrenaic", Journal of Hellenic Studies 30, 1910, pp1-34.
• "Two Cyrenaic Kylikes", Journal of Hellenic Studies 28, 1908, pp175-179.
• "Droop Cups and the Dating of Laconian Pottery", Journal of Hellenic Studies 52, 1932, pp303-304.