# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mortimer-wheeler
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:32:47.018Z

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name: "Mortimer Wheeler"
slug: "mortimer-wheeler"
description: "Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler was a British archaeologist and officer in the British Army. Over the course of his career, he served as Director of both the National Museum of Wales and London Museum, Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India, and the founder and Honorary Director of the Institute of Archaeology in London, in addition to writing twenty-four books on archaeological subjects."
tagline: "British archaeologist (1890-1976)"
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birthDate: "1890-09-10"
deathDate: "1976-07-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump