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Jacquetta Hawkes

1910 - 1996

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Jacquetta Hawkes (5 August 1910 – 18 March 1996) was an English archaeologist and writer. She was the first woman to study the Archaeology & Anthropology degree course at the University of Cambridge. A specialist in prehistoric archaeology, she excavated Neanderthal remains at the Palaeolithic site of Mount Carmel with Yusra and Dorothy Garrod. She was a representative for the UK at UNESCO, and was curator of the "People of Britain" pavilion at the Festival of Britain. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Jacquetta Hawkes is the 147th most popular archaeologist (up from 148th in 2024), the 6,011th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,135th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular British Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Jacquetta Hawkes ranks 147 out of 151. Before her are Arthur Surridge Hunt, Churchill Babington, J. P. Mallory, Robert John Braidwood, Alexey Okladnikov, and Salima Ikram. After her are Augustus Pitt Rivers, Barry Cunliffe, William G. Dever, Leonardo López Luján, and Thomas R. Holtz Jr..

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Among people born in 1910, Jacquetta Hawkes ranks 401. Before her are Govan Mbeki, Chidambaram Subramaniam, Harry Carney, Mary Haas, Ilona Massey, and Kitty Carlisle. After her are Irene Sharaff, Constance Cummings, Tyrus Wong, Sally Blane, Elizabeth Allan, and Patsy Kelly. Among people deceased in 1996, Jacquetta Hawkes ranks 343. Before her are Peter Glenville, Allenby Chilton, Sim Iness, Mario Savio, Mary Haas, Eddie Harris, and Sultan Rahi. After her are Juliet Prowse, Jean Muir, Audrey Patterson, Swami Rama, and Joseph Bernardin.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among archaeologists born in United Kingdom, Jacquetta Hawkes ranks 33. Before her are Meave Leakey (1942), John M. Allegro (1923), Bernard Pyne Grenfell (1869), John Garstang (1876), Arthur Surridge Hunt (1871), and Churchill Babington (1821). After her are Augustus Pitt Rivers (1827).

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