Sir Max Mallowan | |
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Born | Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan 6 May 1904 Wandsworth, London, England |
Died | 19 August 1978 | (aged 74)
Resting place | Church of St Mary, Cholsey, Oxfordshire, England |
Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
Spouses | |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Archaeologist |
Institutions | University of London All Souls College, Oxford |
Sir Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan, CBE, FBA, FSA (6 May 1904 – 19 August 1978) was a prominent British archaeologist and academic, specialising in the Ancient Near East. Having studied classics at Oxford University, he trained in archaeology under Leonard Woolley at Ur and under Reginald Campbell Thompson at Nineveh. He then led a number of archaeological expeditions sponsored by the British Museum and the British School of Archaeology in Iraq. He was the second husband of Dame Agatha Christie, having met during the excavation at Ur in 1930. He served in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War, and then entered academia. He was Professor of Western Asiatic Archaeology at the University of London (1947–1962) and a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford (1962–1971).