Laurence P. Kirwan

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Sir Archibald Laurence Patrick Kirwan

KCMG (13 May 1907 – 16 April 1999) was a British archaeologist and geographer who made major contributions to the study of ancient Egypt, Nubia, East Africa and South Arabia.[1][2] The Guardian, in his obituary, called him "one of the last survivors of the heroic age of archaeology".[2] As Director and Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society from 1945 until 1975, he helped organize the first ascent of Mount Everest in 1953.[3]

Kirwan was born in Cork, Ireland, second son of Patrick John Kirwan, of Cregg, County Galway, from an old Galway gentry family who built Cregg Castle in the 1600s, and Mabel, née Norton.[4][5][6]

After

British Institute in Eastern Africa.[1]

In 1958, Kirwan was appointed a

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG), which was raised to Knight Commander in 1972. His first marriage, to Joan Chetwynd in 1932, ended in divorce. The couple had one daughter. In 1949, he married Stella Monck (she died in 1997). He died in a London hospice at the age of 91.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Michael Wise (7 May 1999). "Obituary: Sir Laurence Kirwan". The Independent. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Sir Laurence Kirwan". The Guardian. 21 April 1999. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  3. ^
    Washington Post
    . 25 April 1999. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  4. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/72188. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  5. ^ a b Merton College Register 1900-1964 with notices of some older surviving members, R. G. C. Levens, Merton College, 1964, p. 177
  6. ^ "It's Alive! Mad scientist's castle for €1.85m". 11 November 2022.
  7. ^ Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900–1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 177.

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