Dorothy Mary Mackay | |
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| Born | Dorothy Mary Simmons 11 November 1881 Croydon, England |
| Died | 8 February 1953 (aged 71) Beaconsfield, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Archaeologist, museum curator |
| Spouse | Ernest J. H. Mackay |
Dorothy Mary Mackay (née Simmons, 11 November 1881 – 8 February 1953) was a British archaeologist who worked in Egypt, Iraq, and sites of the Indus Valley civilisation.[1] In 1940, she was appointed an assistant keeper at the Department of Antiquities, Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, and between 1948–1951 she acted as a curator at the Archaeological Museum of the American University of Beirut.[2]
In 1912, Dorothy married the archaeologist Ernest J. H. Mackay, with whom she often cooperated in later years.
She was a member of the Croydon Branch of the Women's Social and Political Union.[3]