Basil Hennessy
John Basil Hennessy
Childhood, early career and education
Born in
Foreign ventures
Graduating with a BA Hons in 1950, Hennessy embarked on a tour throughout the Middle East, finishing at Ankara, capital of Turkey where Hennessy held the inaugural student scholarship at the newly created British School of Archaeology in Ankara.[2]
Hennessy returned to
Returning to Australia via London, Hennessy became engaged to Ruth Shannon. The couple were married in 1954 and subsequently had three children.
1954 also saw Hennessy join the Department of Archaeology at the University of Sydney, initially as a temporary lecturer (1954–55, 1957), then later as a full-time lecturer (1958–61). 1962 saw Hennessy and his young family leave Australia once more, in order that Hennessy might pursue postgraduate study at
Years in Jerusalem
Hennessy's completion of his doctorate coincided with the beginning of an intimate association with the
Return to Sydney
Hennessy left Jerusalem in 1970 because of the outbreak of Arab-Israeli hostilities,
Retirement and honours
Hennessy was appointed Emeritus Professor of Archaeology after his retirement in 1990 and in 1993 received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from his alma mater, the University of Sydney.
Publications
- Stephania - A Middle and Late Bronze Age Cemetery in Cyprus, 1963.
- The Foreign Relations of Palestine During the Early Bronze Age, 1967.
- Pella in Jordan I (with A.W. McNicoll and R.H. Smith), 1982.
References
- ^ Vale Professor John Basil Hennessy AO FAHA Archived 31 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d e f Bourke, Stephen. "Australian Archaeologists at Pella" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2010.