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Article: Dorothy Garrod, first woman Professor at Cambridge.
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- Antiquity
- Article date:
- March 1, 2000
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Key-words: Dorothy Garrod, women, Cambridge, archaeology, universities
In May 1939, the accomplished Palaeolithic archaeologist, Dorothy Garrod, was elected Cambridge's Professor of Archaeology -- the first woman to hold a Chair at either Cambridge or Oxford. Garrod was well qualified for the position in several ways. Trained by R.R. Marett at Oxford and the Abbe Henri Breuil in France, she was renowned for her excavations in Gibraltar, Palestine, Southern Kurdistan and Bulgaria. By 1939, Garrod was one of Britain's finest archaeologists. She had discovered the well-preserved skull fragments of 'Abel', a Neanderthal child, in Gibraltar, identified the Natufian ...
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Article: Garrod stars in a close contest
Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph;
June 15, 2009 ;
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... ... member of the day award had to go to Jess Garrod for her efforts on the last leg of the 4x400metres. Garrod had already competed in the triple jump ... was left on the final leg due to injury. Garrod, who had never run a competitive 400m ...
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