1890
Mortimer Wheeler, British archaeologist and officer (died 1976)
Mortimer Wheeler, British archaeologist and officer (died 1976)
Mortimer Wheeler, British archaeologist and officer (died 1976)
Mortimer Wheeler
British archaeologist (1890–1976)
- Born
- 1890
Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler was a British archaeologist and officer in the British Army. Over the course of his career, he served as Director of both the National Museum of Wales and London Museum, Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India, and the founder and Honorary Director of the Institute of Archaeology in London, in addition to writing twenty-four books on archaeological subjects.