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SIR ARTHUR EVANS, the well–known archaeologist, celebrated his ninetieth birthday on July 8. He has been honorary keeper of the Ashmolean Museum since 1890, having been keeper during 1884–1908. Sir Arthur is undoubtedly the leading British authority in the classical archaeological studies, for which he was awarded the Copley Medal of the Royal Society in 1936. In his earlier years he made important contributions to the science of numismatics. His researches in Crete from 1893 onwards resulted in the discovery of the remains of a civilization which he named Minoan after the sea–king, Minos. He traced the Minoan civilization from approximately 3200 to 1400 B.C. His work, “The Palace of Minos’, published in six volumes, revolutionized our knowledge of the ancient history of the Near East.
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Sir Arthur Evans, F.R.S. Nature 148, 46 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/148046a0
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