Childe, V. Gordon (Vere Gordon), 1892-1957

Mesopotamia
book chapter 1925

Summary: Vere Gordon Childe was an Australian archaeologist who specialised in the study of European prehistory. He spent most of his life in the United Kingdom, working as an academic for the University of Edinburgh and then the Institute of Archaeology, London. He wrote twenty-six books during his career. Initially an early proponent of culture-historical archaeology, he later became the first exponent of Marxist archaeology in the Western world. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Born: 1892-04-14 [2][7]
Birth Place: Sydney [2][7]
Died: 1957-10-19 [2][7]
Death Place: Blaue Berge (Australien) [2]; Blackheath [7]
Country: Australia [2]; Great Britain [2]
Language: English [3]
Occupation: classical philologist [7]; prehistorian [7]; university teacher [7]; trade unionist [7]; librarian [7]
Employer: University of Edinburgh [7]; UCL Institute of Archaeology [7]; London School of Economics and Political Science [7]
Work Place: Edinburgh [2]
Educated at: University of Sydney [7]; The Queen's College [7]
Country of Education: Australia [7]; United Kingdom [7]
Archives at: University of Sydney [7]
Encyclopædia Britannica: Biography [7]
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Biography (requires subscription) [7]
Yale LUX: Entity [7]
Notable Names Database: Profile [7]
Oxford Reference: Overview [7]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. Library of Congress; 5. National Library of Korea; 6. Danish Bibliographic Centre; 7. Wikidata

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