callings of the archive
Archaeologist Biographies
Every archived life recorded as archaeologist, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Modern era
Kristján Eldjárn
December 6, 1916 – September 14, 1982
Icelandic politician, 3rd President of Iceland (1916-1982)
Modern era
Thor Heyerdahl
October 6, 1914 – April 18, 2002
Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer (1914-2002)
Modern era
Nancy Dupree
October 3, 1927 – September 10, 2017
American archaeologist (1927–2017)
Modern era
Ahmad Hassan Dani
June 20, 1920 – January 26, 2009
Pakistani intellectual, archaeologist, historian, and linguist (1920–2009)
Modern era
T. E. Lawrence
August 16, 1888 – May 19, 1935
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)
Early Modern era
Joseph Fourier
March 21, 1768 – May 16, 1830
French mathematician and physicist (1768 – 1830)
Modern era
Jagadish Chandra Bose
November 30, 1858 – November 23, 1937
Bengali polymath, physicist, and biologist (1858–1937)
Modern era
Gertrude Bell
July 14, 1868 – July 12, 1926
British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)
Modern era
Percy Fawcett
August 18, 1867 – 1925
British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867–1925)
Modern era
Howard Carter
May 9, 1874 – March 2, 1939
British egyptologist (1874–1939)
Modern era
Heinrich Schliemann
January 6, 1822 – December 26, 1890
German businessman and archaeologist (1822–1890)
Modern era
Louis Leakey
August 7, 1903 – October 1, 1972
Kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist
Modern era
Mary Leakey
February 6, 1913 – December 9, 1996
British paleoanthropologist (1913-1996)