John Garstang

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John Garstang
John Garstang aged 80
Born(1876-05-05)5 May 1876
Blackburn, England
Died12 September 1956(1956-09-12) (aged 80)
Beirut, Lebanon
Alma materJesus College, Oxford
SpouseMarie Louise Berges
Children2
Scientific career
FieldsArchaeology
InstitutionsUniversity of Liverpool, Department of Antiquities of Mandatory Palestine
Doctoral advisorFrancis J. Haverfield
Museum display with artefacts and images relating to John Garstang. A black and white photograph of Garstang is displayed in the centre, under the signature of Garstang and the Garstang Museum logo.
Garstang Museum of Archaeology, University of Liverpool. Redeveloped in 2014, the museum features artefacts and photographs from Garstang excavations in Egypt, Sudan, Anatolia and the Levant.
John Garstang on site at Beni Hassan
John Garstang on site at Beni Hassan, from the glass plate negative collection at the Garstang Museum of Archaeology. Negative number JG/B/675.
John Garstang's theodolite, Hunterian Museum, Glasgow

John Garstang (5 May 1876 – 12 September 1956) was a British archaeologist of the Ancient Near East, especially Egypt, Sudan, Anatolia and the southern Levant. He was the younger brother of Professor Walter Garstang, FRS, a marine biologist and zoologist. Garstang is considered a pioneer in the development of scientific practices in archaeology as he kept detailed records of his excavations with extensive photographic records, which was a comparatively rare practice in early 20th-century archaeology.[1]

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