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Dorothy Garrod

British archaeologist and first female Professor at the University of Cambridge (1892-1968) · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Died at 76

Dorothy Annie Elizabeth Garrod, CBE, FBA was an English archaeologist who specialised in the Palaeolithic period. She held the position of Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge from 1939 to 1952, and was the first woman to hold a chair at either Oxford or Cambridge.

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1968Died18 December 19681965Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward1952Fellow of the British AcademyAwardHonorary Doctor of the University of ToulouseAward1950Honorary Doctor of the University of PoitiersAward1892Born5 May 1892

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Commander of the Order of the British Empire1965
Honorary Doctor of the University of Toulouse1952
Fellow of the British Academy1952
Honorary Doctor of the University of Poitiers1950
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland

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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1892 to 1968 · aged 76

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