Alice Leslie Walker

Alice Leslie Walker
Born(1885-06-26)June 26, 1885
San Francisco, California
DiedJune 25, 1954(1954-06-25) (aged 68)
Santa Barbara, California
EducationVassar College, University of California, Berkeley
Known forExpertise on the Neolithic Period in Southern Greece
SpouseGeorgios A. Kosmopoulos
Scientific career
FieldsArchaeology
InstitutionsAmerican School of Classical Studies at Athens

Alice "Mopsie" Leslie Walker (June 26, 1885 – June 25, 1954) was an American archeologist and leading expert on the Neolithic Period in Southern Greece. She was a gifted linguist. Besides speaking English, she spoke French, German, Portuguese, Latin and Ancient and Modern Greek. She and Hetty Goldman were the first two women to direct an archeological dig in mainland Greece.[1]

  1. ^ OT. "Berkeley Girl Directs Exhuming of Greek City--August 20,1911". Oakland Tribune – via newspapers.com. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)