T. D. Kendrick
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Sir Thomas Downing Kendrick KCB (April 1, 1895 – November 2, 1979) was a British archaeologist.
He was educated at Oriel College, Oxford.
He was Director of the British Museum, from 1950, until he retired in 1959 [1].
[edit] Books by T.D. Kendrick
- The axe age : a study in British prehistory (1925)
- The Druids. A study in Keltic prehistory (1927)
- A History of the Vikings (1930)
- Anglo-Saxon Art to A.D. 900 (1938)
- The Archaeology of the Channel Islands (2 Vols – 1928-38)
- Archaeology in England and Wales, 1914-1931 (1932)
- The Presidents of the Society of Antiquaries of London. With biographical notes. (1945)
- Late Saxon and Viking art (1949)
- British Antiquity (1950)
- The Lisbon Earthquake (1956)
- St. James in Spain )1960)
- Great Love for Icarus (1962) - a semi-autobiographical novel.
- Mary of Agreda. The life and legend of a Spanish nun (1967)
[edit] References
- ^ Sources: David M. Wilson, ‘Kendrick, Sir Thomas Downing (1895–1979)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2005 accessed 4 Nov 2006 and Dictionary of art historians website
| Preceded by John Forsdyke |
Director of the British Museum 1950–59 |
Succeeded by Frank Francis |
