Glyn Daniel | |
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| Born | 23 April 1914 Lampeter Velfrey, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
| Died | 13 December 1986 (aged 72) |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Cardiff University St John's College, Cambridge |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Archaeology |
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Glyn Edmund Daniel FBA FRAI (23 April 1914 – 13 December 1986) was a Welsh scientist and archaeologist who taught at Cambridge University, where he specialised in the European Neolithic period. He was appointed Disney Professor of Archaeology in 1974[1] and edited the academic journal Antiquity from 1958 to 1985. In addition to early efforts to popularise archaeological study and antiquity on radio and television, he edited several popular studies of the fields. He also published mysteries under the pseudonym Dilwyn Rees.
- ^ Colin Renfrew, 'Daniel, Glyn Edmund (1914–1986)', rev. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.