Clarence van Riet Lowe

Clarence van Riet Lowe
Born(1894-11-04)4 November 1894
Aliwal North, Cape Colony
Died7 June 1956(1956-06-07) (aged 61)[1]
Knysna, Cape Province
Other namesPeter van Riet Lowe
Alma materSouth African College[2]
SpouseIris Ethelwynne van Riet Lowe (née Kelly)[3]
AwardsFRSSAf 1934
Scientific career
FieldsCivil engineer, Archaeologist
InstitutionsHistorical Monuments Commission

Clarence van Riet Lowe FRSSAf (4 November 1894 – 7 June 1956[1]) was a South African civil engineer and archaeologist.[1][2] He was appointed by Jan Smuts as the first director of the Bureau of Archaeology and was among the first group to investigate the archaeological site of Mapungubwe.[4]

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