| AdminHistory | Glyn Edmund Daniel (1914-1986) was an archaeologist, writer, broadcaster. Fellow of St John's College 1938-1986; Disney Professor of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, 1974-1981, Emeritus Professor 1981-1986; BA 1st Class Hons with Distinction 1935; PhD 1938; MA 1939; LittD 1962; Intelligence Officer, RAF, 1940-1945, in charge of Photo Interpretation, India and SE Asia, 1942-1945, Wing Comdr, 1943; Steward of St John's College, 1946-1955; Editor, 'Ancient Peoples and Places', 1955-1986, and of 'Antiquity', 1958-1986; Director: Anglia Television Ltd, 1959-1981, Knight (First Class) of the Dannebrog, 1961; TV Personality of the Year, 1955.
Publications include 'The Megalithic Builders of Western Europe', 1958, 'The Idea of Prehistory', 1961, 'The Origins and Growth of Archaeology', 1967, 'The First Civilisations', 1968, a guide book, 'The Hungry Archaeologist in France', 1963, and a detective novel 'The Cambridge Murders', 1945. |