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American archaeologist and curator
George Roger Edwards
Edwards circa 1950-1960
Born(1914-10-11)October 11, 1914
Southington, Connecticut
DiedJune 9, 2009(2009-06-09) (aged 94)
Haverford, Pennsylvania

George Roger Edwards (October 11, 1914 – June 9, 2009) was an American archaeologist and curator for the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Biography

He was born in Southington, Connecticut, on October 11, 1914, to George Edwards and Alice Heathcote. He attended Lewis High School in Southington, Connecticut, then earned an undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College in 1933 and a M.S. from Johns Hopkins University in 1937. He earned a Ph.D. in archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1939.

Edwards became the assistant curator for the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. He moved to Philadelphia in 1950 as assistant professor of classical archaeology and an assistant curator for the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Edwards excavated at several sites including Gordium in Turkey in 1951 and Kourion in Cyprus in 1954. He rose to the position of full professor and retired in 1980 with the title curator emeritus.

He died on June 9, 2009, in Haverford, Pennsylvania.

Publications

References

  1. ^ "G. Roger Edwards, 94, archaeologist". Philadelphia Inquirer. June 10, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
  2. ^ "G. Roger Edwards". Hartford Courant. June 17, 2009. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
  3. Lucy Taxis Shoe Meritt (1984). History of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1939-1980. American School of Classical Studies at Athens. ISBN 0-87661-942-1.
  4. Ellen L. Kohler (29 January 1995). The Lesser Phrygian Tumuli. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. ISBN 0-934718-39-3.
  5. The Gordion excavations: final reports. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. 29 January 1982. ISBN 0-934718-39-3.
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