Clark, Sir John Grahame Douglas, 1907-1995 (Knight and archaeologist)

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Dates

Existence: 1907 - 1995

Biography

Sir John Grahame Douglas Clark (1907-95), archaeologist, was a Cambridge University Lecturer, 1935-52, Disney Professor of Archaeology, Cambridge, 1952-74, Fellow of Peterhouse from 1950, and Master, 1973-80. His publications include Mesolithic prelude: the Palaeolithic-Neolithic transition in old world prehistory (Edinburgh, 1980); The identity of man: as seen by an archaeologist (London, 1983); Symbols of excellence: precious materials as expressions of status (Cambridge, 1986); Economic prehistory: papers on archaeology (Cambridge, 1989); Prehistory at Cambridge and beyond (Cambridge, 1989); and Space, time and man: a prehistorian's view (Cambridge, 1992); for many of which there are papers in this collection.

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Item

Letter to Thomas C. Lethbridge, 1938

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9777/10/6/5

Scope and Contents

Thanks for copy of Lethbridge's book Umiak. The European ancestry of the 'Women's boat'

Dates: 1938

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Found in: Cambridge University Library / T. C. Lethbridge: Correspondence and papers / Privately printed monographs / Umiak. The European ancestry of the 'Women's boat

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