Dorothy Annie Elizabeth Garrod | |
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 Dorothy Garrod, c. 1913, while at Newnham College, Cambridge | |
| Born | 5 May 1892 London, England |
| Died | 18 December 1968 (aged 76) Cambridge, England |
| Alma mater | Newnham College, Cambridge, Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford |
| Known for | The Upper Paleolithic of Britain; The Stone Age of Mount Carmel, |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | archaeology |
| Institutions | British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, Newnham College, University of Cambridge |
Dorothy Annie Elizabeth Garrod, CBE, FBA (5 May 1892 – 18 December 1968) was an English archaeologist who specialised in the Palaeolithic period. She held the position of Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge from 1939 to 1952, and was the first woman to hold a chair at either Oxford or Cambridge.[1][2][3]
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