Harriet Boyd Hawes | |
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Born | Harriet Ann Boyd Hawes October 11, 1871 |
Died | March 31, 1945 | (aged 73)
Nationality | American |
Education | Smith College |
Occupation | Archaeologist at Wellesley College |
Spouse | Charles Henry Hawes (m. 1906) |
Children | 2 |
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.