Miles Crawford Burkitt
| Miles Crawford Burkitt MA FSA FGS | |||||||||
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| Born | 1890 | ||||||||
| Died | 1971 | ||||||||
| Residence |
Westroad Corner, Cambridge Holly Cottage, Clare Road, Cambridge [1925] Merton House, Grantchester, Cambridge [1929] | ||||||||
| Occupation |
academic prehistorian | ||||||||
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Contents
Notes
Office Notes
RAI Council 1922 Member
RAI Council 1923 Member
RAI Council 1924 Member
RAI Council 1927 Member
RAI Council 1928 Member
RAI Council 1929 Member
RAI Council 1931-32 Member
RAI Council 1932-33 Member
RAI Council 1934-35 Member
RAI Council 1935-36 Member
RAI Council 1937-38 Member
RAI Council 1938-39 Member
RAI Council 1939-40 Member
RAI Council 1941-42 Member
RAI Council 1942-43 Member
RAI Council 1943-44 Member
RAI Council 1945-46 Member
RAI Council 1946-47 Member
RAI Council 1947-48 Member
RAI Council 1949-50 Member
RAI Council 1950-51 Member
RAI Council 1951-52 Member
House Notes
1921.01.11 nominated; proposed by C.G. Seligman, seconded by T.A. Joyce
lecturer, Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge University
Notes From Elsewhere
Miles Crawford Burkitt (1890—1971)
British prehistorian whose speciality was the Palaeolithic period throughout the Old World and who spent a lifetime teaching others and instilling students with enthusiasm for study and archaeology. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was a lecturer in the faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology at Cambridge University from 1926 until his retirement in 1958. During this time he published many books and papers, notably Our early ancestors (1926, Cambridge: CUP) and The Old Stone Age (1933, Cambridge: CUP). He travelled extensively in Spain, Russia, Africa, and Turkey and played an important role in opening up the study of the Stone Age in Africa. He studied the French and Spanish caves under the direction of Abbé Breuil, he was at various times President of the Prehistoric Society and Section H of the British Association, and he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1923.
Publications
External Publications
Our early ancestors (1926, Cambridge: CUP)
The Old Stone Age (1933, Cambridge: CUP).
House Publications
1932. The Magosian culture of Uganda [with E.J. Wayland]
1940.03.07 Mr. M. C. BURKITT, M.A., F.S.A., read his paper, " An Account of an Excavation near Mersin (S. Turkey);" illustrated by lantern slides.