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Childe, Vere Gordon (1892 - 1957) |
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| Archaeologist and Political theorist | ||
| Born: 14 April 1892 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 19 October 1957 Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. | ||
| Vere Gordon Childe was educated and did his early archeological work in Australia. He was later Professor of Prehistory Archeology, University of Edinburgh 1927-45, and then Director of the Institute of Archaeology, University of London 1946-57. He published widely on theory. |
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| Born Sydney, 14 April 1892. Died Blue Mountains, 19 October 1957. Educated Universities of Sydney (BA 1914) and Oxford (B Litt 1916). Senior resident tutor, St Andrew's College, University of Sydney 1917-18; private secretary to John Storey 1919-21; New South Wales Agent-General's Office, London 1922; librarian, Royal Anthropological Institute, London 1925-26; first Abercromby professor of prehistoric archaeology, University of Edinburgh 1927-45; professor of prehistoric European archaeology and director of the Institute of Archaeology, University of London 1946-57. |
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