Glyn Daniel

Glyn Daniel
Glyn Daniel
Born	23 April 1914; Lampeter Velfrey, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Died	13 December 1986 (aged 72)
Nationality	Welsh
Citizenship	United Kingdom
Academic background
Alma mater	Cardiff University ; St John's College, Cambridge
Academic work
Discipline	Archaeology
Sub-discipline	Prehistory; chamber tombs; megaliths; history of archaeology;
Institutions	St John's College, Cambridge; McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research;

Glyn Edmund Daniel FBA FRAI (23 April 1914 – 13 December 1986) was a Welsh scientist and archaeologist who taught at Cambridge University, where he specialised in the European Neolithic period. He was appointed Disney Professor of Archaeology in 1974 and edited the academic journal Antiquity from 1958 to 1985. In addition to early efforts to popularise archaeological study and antiquity on radio and television, he edited several popular studies of the fields. He also published mysteries under the pseudonym Dilwyn Rees.

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