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Max Mallowan. Sir Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan, CBE , FBA , FSA (6 May 1904 – 19 August 1978) was a prominent British archaeologist and academic, specializing in the Ancient Near East. Having studied classics at Oxford University, he was trained for archaeology by Leonard Woolley at Ur and Reginald Campbell Thompson at Nineveh.
Sir Max Mallowan (born May 6, 1904, London, England—died August 19, 1978, Greenway House, Galmpton, Devon) was a British archaeologist who made major contributions as an excavator and educator. After receiving a degree in classics at New College, Oxford, he began his long career as a field archaeologist. His excavations were carried out in ...
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Sep 3, 2021 · See rare photos of the famous author and her archaeologist husband on their Nile cruise in 1931. The exhibition at Torre Abbey, Devon, also reveals how their travels inspired her novels.
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- Life and Early Work
- Meeting with and Marriage to Agatha Christie
- Further Archaeological Work
- Second World War and After
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Born Edgar Mallowan in Wandsworth on 6 May 1904, he was the son of Frederick Mallowan and his wife Marguerite (née Duvivier). He was educated at Rokeby School and Lancing College and studied classics at New College, Oxford. The British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolleywas excavating Ur on behalf of the British Museum and the University of Pennsylva...
In 1928, after Christie divorced her husband Archie, she planned a holiday to the West Indies and Jamaica, to get away and "seek sunshine", as she put it. However, two days before her departure, she was at a dinner party in London where she met a young naval officer Commander Howe and his wife, who had just returned from his being stationed in the ...
In 1932, Max (with Agatha accompanying him) then travelled to Nineveh to work for a Reginald Campbell Thompson (CT, for short), an archaeologist and Oriental scholar. The Woolleys weren't exactly happy for him to leave Ur, but Max was determined to discover new archaeological finds. The point for going to Nineveh (and it was the agreement with CT) ...
With the advent of World War 2, Max volunteered for the Royal Air Force and was accepted, with the help of his friend, Stephen Glanville, and the two were posted to the Air Ministry. During this time, Max and Agatha lived in various serviced apartments and then at their house in 58 Sheffield Terrace. After this was damaged by bombing, they rented a...
Feb 10, 2022 · Max Mallowan, Agatha Christie and Leonard Woolley in Ur in 1931 The British Museum via Pointe-à-Callière Museum. Christie’s friendship with the Woolleys earned her an invitation to the tail ...
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Mar 22, 2015 · Extended excavations were next carried out in the 1950s-60s by Max Mallowan, the husband of Agatha Christie Unrivalled riches of Nimrud On the first day of the dig, Layard found the outlines of a ...
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Apr 26, 2021 · Max Mallowan described her as a domineering and powerful individual, feline in nature and quoted Gertrude Bell the great Middle East traveller’s description of her as a ‘dangerous woman’. Agatha immediately accepted the invitation, where she was soon to meet her future husband Max Mallowan (1904-1978), one of Leonard Wooley’s young assistants.
