Sinclair Hood | |
|---|---|
 Hood in his office as Director of the BSA, 1954–1962 | |
| Born | Martin Sinclair Frankland Hood 31 January 1917 |
| Died | 18 January 2021 (aged 103) |
| Education | Harrow School British School at Athens British Institute at Ankara |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford University of London |
| Spouse |
Rachel Simmons
(m. 1957; died 2016) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Grace Mary Crowfoot (aunt) |
Martin Sinclair Frankland Hood, FBA (31 January 1917 – 18 January 2021), generally known as Sinclair Hood, was a British archaeologist and academic. He was Director of the British School at Athens from 1954 to 1962, and led the excavations at Knossos from 1957 to 1961.[1][2] He turned 100 in January 2017[3] and died in January 2021, two weeks short of his 104th birthday.[4]
As its review in the American Journal of Archaeology forecast, his The Arts in Prehistoric Greece became a "standard authoritative handbook for years to come" on Aegean art.[5]
- ^ Cadogan, Gerald and Hood, Sinclair. 2011 Knossos Excavations 1957-61: Early Minoan (BSA Supplementary Volume).
- ^ "(Martin) Sinclair (Frankland) Hood." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2002. Biography in Context. Web. 3 Jan. 2014. Gale Document Number: GALE|H1000046926
- ^ Staff (31 January 2017). "Happy 100th Birthday to Sinclair Hood!". British School at Athens. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ Ανδρικακης, Αλεκος (19 January 2021). "Sinclair Hood". Candia Doc (in Greek).
- ^ Wright, James C. 1980. Review of The Arts in Prehistoric Greece, by Sinclair Hood in American Journal of Archaeology, 84:538-539.