Sinclair Hood
Martin Sinclair F. Hood (born 1917), generally known as Sinclair Hood, is an archaeologist who was Director of the British School of Archaeology at Athens from 1954–62 and led the excavations at Knossos from 1957 to 1961.[1][2]
He was born in Queenstown, Ireland on January 31, 1917. [2]His father was a lieutenant commander in the Royal Navy. [2] He received his Master of Arts from Magdalen College, Oxford in 1939. [2]During World War II, he was a conscientious objector serving with Civil Defence.[2] After the War, he received a Diploma in Prehistoric Archaeology from the University of London in 1947.[2] He then attended the British School of Archaeology in Athens and the British Institute of Archaeology, Ankara.[2] He was assistant director of the British School of Archaeology in Athens, from 1949 to 1951, and served as director from 1954-62.[2] His work was done mostly in Greece and Turkey, but also in then Palestine and Crete.[2]
Bibliography
- The Minoans – Ancient Peoples and Places (Thames & Hudson Ltd 1971)[2][3]
- The Arts in Prehistoric Greece (Pelican History of Art 1992)[2][3]
- Prehistoric Emporio and Ayio Gala: V. 1: Excavations in Chios, 1938-55 (British School of Archaeology, 1982)[2][3]
- With Cadogan, Gerald. Knossos Excavations 1957-61: Early Minoan (BSA, 2011).[2][3]
References
- ↑ Cadogan, Gerald and Hood, Sinclair. 2011 Knossos Excavations 1957-61: Early Minoan (BSA Supplementary Volume).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 "(Martin) Sinclair (Frankland) Hood." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2002. Biography in Context. Web. 3 Jan. 2014. Gale Document Number: GALE|H1000046926
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 World Cat Author page