Harriet Boyd Hawes

Harriet Boyd Hawes
Born
Harriet Ann Boyd Hawes

(1871-10-11)October 11, 1871
DiedMarch 31, 1945(1945-03-31) (aged 73)
NationalityAmerican
EducationSmith College
OccupationArchaeologist at Wellesley College
SpouseCharles Henry Hawes (m. 1906)
Children2

Harriet Ann Boyd Hawes (October 11, 1871 – March 31, 1945) was a pioneering American archaeologist, nurse, relief worker, and professor. She is best known as the discoverer and first director of Gournia, one of the first archaeological excavations to uncover a Minoan settlement and palace on the Aegean island of Crete. She was also the second person to have the honor of the Agnes Hoppin Memorial Fellowship bestowed upon her, and the very first female archeologist to speak at the Archaeological Institute of America.