Crawford Hallock Greenewalt Jr.
Crawford Hallock Greenewalt Jr. | |
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| Born | June 3, 1937 PhD) |
| Known for | Archaeology at Sardis[1][2] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Classical archaeology[1][2] |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley[1][2] |
| Thesis | Lydian Pottery of the Sixth-century B.C.: The Lydion and Marbled Ware[3] (1966) |
Crawford Hallock Greenewalt Jr. (June 3, 1937 – May 4, 2012) was an American classical archaeologist at the University of California, Berkeley who made contributions to the study of Lydia through his excavations at Sardis.[1][2]
Biography
Greenewalt was the son of Crawford Hallock Greenewalt, a chemical engineer and later president of DuPont, and Margaretta L. Greenewalt.[4] He had one brother, David Greenewalt, and one sister, Nancy G. Frederick.[4] He attended the Tower Hill School, received a B.A. from Harvard University in 1959, and a Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966.[1] Greenwalt died of a brain tumor in 2012.[1]
Archaeology
Greenewalt first showed in interest in archaeology at age eight.
Awards and honors
Greenewalt was a member of the American Philosophical Society, and an honorary member the German Archaeological Institute and Austrian Archaeological Institute.[1] In 1993 he was awarded the Henry Allen Moe Prize in Humanities by the American Philosophical Society for his paper "When a Mighty Empire Was Destroyed" and for his work on reconstructing the history of Lydia.[1] In 2012 he was awarded Archaeological Institute of America's Bandelier Award for Public Service to Archaeology for his work at Sardis.[5]
The research library of archaeology at
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Maclay 2012b
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Fox 2012
- ^ Pennsylvania Thesis Repository
- ^ a b c San Francisco Chronicle Obituary
- ^ Maclay 2012a
- ^ "New Sounds for an Ancient Site". Harvard Art Museums. July 21, 2015. Archived from the original on July 30, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
Bibliography
- Fox, Margalit (May 20, 2012), "Crawford Greenewalt Jr., Who Shed Light on an Ancient City, Dies at 74", The New York Times, New York City, p. A22, archived from the original on May 21, 2012, retrieved May 21, 2012
- Maclay, Kathleen (April 26, 2012), "Crawford Greenewalt receives prestigious award for work at site of ancient city of Sardis", UC Berkeley News Center, University of California, Berkeley, archived from the original on May 31, 2012, retrieved May 21, 2012
- Maclay, Kathleen (May 10, 2012), "Noted classical archaeologist Crawford Greenwalt dies", UC Berkeley News Center, University of California, Berkeley, archived from the original on May 22, 2012, retrieved May 21, 2012
- "GREENEWALT, Crawford Hallock", Hearst Corporation, p. Z99, May 19, 2012, archived from the originalon May 21, 2012, retrieved May 21, 2012
- "Lydian Pottery of the Sixth-century B.C.: The Lydion and Marbled Ware", ScholarlyCommons: Repository, University of Pennsylvania, archived from the original on March 4, 2016, retrieved May 21, 2012
External links
- 2007 Video Interview with Crawford Greenewalt Jr. by Atomic Heritage Foundation — Voices of the Manhattan Project
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