Albert Egges van Giffen

Albert Egges van Giffen
Van Giffen (ca. 1935)
A photo of Van Giffen (ca. 1935)
Born(1884-03-14)14 March 1884
Noordhorn, Netherlands
Died31 May 1973(1973-05-31) (aged 89)
Alma materUniversity of Groningen
Scientific career
FieldsArchaeology
InstitutionsUniversity of Groningen, University of Amsterdam

Albert Egges van Giffen (14 March 1884 – 31 May 1973) was a Dutch archaeologist. Van Giffen worked at the University of Groningen and University of Amsterdam, where he was a professor of Prehistory and Germanic archaeology. He worked most of his career in the Northern provinces of the Netherlands, where he specialized in hunebeds and tumuli.