Beatrice de Cardi
Beatrice Eileen de Cardi, OBE, FSA, FBA (5 June 1914 – 5 July 2016) was a British archaeologist, specializing in the study of the Persian Gulf and the Baluchistan region of Pakistan. She was president of the British Foundation for the Study of Arabia, and she was Secretary of the Council for British Archaeology from 1949 to 1973. At the end of her career, she was the world's oldest practising archaeologist.
Beatrice de Cardi OBE FSA FBA | |
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| Born | 5 June 1914 London, England |
| Died | 5 July 2016 (aged 102) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Title | Secretary of the Council for British Archaeology (1949–73) |
| Awards | Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1973) Burton Memorial Medal of the Royal Asiatic Society (1993) Gold Medal of the Society of Antiquaries of London (2014) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | St Paul's Girls' School |
| Alma mater | University College London |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Archaeologist |
| Sub-discipline | Specialist in the archeology of the Persian Gulf, Balochistan, Pakistan and Qatar |
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