Jacquetta Hawkes was born in 1910 and died in 1996. She was the daughter of Nobel Prize winner Sir Frederick Hopkins. Jacquetta was married to Christopher Hawkes but divorced him soon after. She then married famous broadcaster, critic and graduate from Bradford University J.B. Priestly in 1953. She spent the remainder of her life with him before she died at the age of 85.
Jacquetta Hawkes is a British Archaeologist who was one of the first to study Archaeology at Cambridge University. She took part in excavations in Britain, France and Palestine. She was also the principle of the United Kingdom National Commission for UNESCO. She found the Tabon Skull which in one the most famous Neanderthal Skulls found yet today. Jacquetta Hawkes was also an archaeology correspondent for the Sunday Times in London, England.
Jacquetta was not only known for her great finds in the field of Archaeology but she was also an accomplished writer/poet. She wrote/produced a whole series of synthesis, academic papers, children’s books, guidebooks, a thesis on ancient Egypt and the Mediterranean, poetry, plays, and a novel. She also appeared on television and was frequently heard on the radio. Some of Jacquetta’s literature include: A Land, Quest of Love, Man on Earth, Man on the Sun, Journey Down a Rainbow, The World of the Past, Shell guide to British Archaeology, The First Great Civilization: Life in Mesopotamia the Indus Valley and Egypt and The Atlas of Ancient Archaeology. Jacquetta also has created some famous quotes that are still used today.
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http://mail.thestrachans.net/index.cgi?index=1
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba14/ba14obit.html
Former Link,
http://npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp10859 (October 2006)
http://archaeology.org/cgi-bin/perlfect/search/search.pl?mode=all&q=jacquetta+hawkes
Former Link,
http://godot.unisu.edu.au/wac/paper.php?paper=861 (October 2006)
Written by: Gregory C. Kuehl