Robert H. Dyson

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Robert H. Dyson, Jr. (August 2, 1927 – February 14, 2020)

archaeologist who served as director of the Penn Museum (1982–1994). He was best known for directing excavations at Teppe Hasanlu between 1956 and 1977.[1][2]

Education and career

Dyson was born in

Penn Museum.[3] He served as the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences from 1979 to 1982 and was the director of the Penn Museum from 1982 to 1994.[1] He retired from Pennsylvania as a professor emeritus in 1995.[1]

Dyson was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1971,[4] served as the president of the Archaeological Institute of America,[1] and was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1984. After his retirement from Pennsylvania, a Robert H. Dyson chair was endowed at the Department of Anthropology and Near East section of the Penn Museum in his honor.[1][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Robert Dyson". Department of Anthropology. University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  2. ^ a b "Robert H. Dyson, discoverer of Gold Bowl of Hasanlu in Iran, dies at 93". Tehran Times. 2020-02-17. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
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  4. John Simon Guggenheim Foundation
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  5. ^ "Chairs: A Baker's Dozen in SAS". University of Pennsylvania Almanac. 43 (8): 4–5. October 15, 1996.