# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kathleen-kenyon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:06:12.299Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kathleen-kenyon"
name: "Kathleen Kenyon"
slug: "kathleen-kenyon"
description: "Dame Kathleen Mary Kenyon was a British archaeologist of Neolithic culture in the Fertile Crescent. She led excavations of Tell es-Sultan, the site of ancient Jericho, from 1952 to 1958, and has been called one of the most influential archaeologists of the 20th century. She was Principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford, from 1962 to 1973, having undertaken her own studies at Somerville College, Oxford."
tagline: "British archaeologist (1906-1978)"
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birthDate: "1906-01-05"
deathDate: "1978-08-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump