Percy Gardner
| Percy Gardner | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 November 1846 London |
| Died | 17 July 1937 |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Fields | archaeology |
| Institutions | Oxford |
| Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge |
Percy Gardner (24 November 1846 – 17 July 1937) was an English classical archaeologist.
Percy Gardner was born in London, and was educated at the City of London School and Christ's College, Cambridge. Graduating BA with a first-class in the classics and moral sciences tripos in 1869, he became a fellow of Christ's in 1872.[1]
From 1871 to 1887 he was an assistant in the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum. He was Disney professor of archaeology at Cambridge from 1880 to 1887, and was then appointed professor of classical archaeology at Oxford, where he had a stimulating influence on the study of ancient, and particularly Greek, art.
He also became prominent as an historical critic on Biblical subjects.
His brother, Ernest Arthur Gardner, was also a prominent archaeologist.
[edit] Selected works
- Stephani on the Tombs at Mycenae The Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. 1. (1880), pp. 94-106
- Types of Greek Coins (1883)
- A Numismatic Commentary on Pausanias (with F Imhoof-Blumer, 1887)
- New Chapters in Greek History (1892), an account of excavations in Greece and Asia Minor
- Manual of Greek Antiquities (with FB Jevons, 2nd ed. 1898)
- Grammar of Greek Art (1905)
- Exploratio Evangelica (1899), on the origin of Christian belief
- A Historic View of the New Testament (1901)
- Growth of Christianity (1907).
[edit] References
- ^ Venn, J.; Venn, J. A., eds. (1922–1958). "Gardner, Percy". Alumni Cantabrigienses (10 vols) (online ed.). Cambridge University Press.
[edit] External links
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Wikisource has original works written by or about: Percy Gardner |
"Homer and Recent Archæology", Percy Gardner in Macmillan's Magazine, Vol. LIV, May to Oct. 1886, pages 368-379
- Digital Library Numis (DLN) Gardner online books and articles
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
