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Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler CH CIE MC TD FRS FBA FSA (10 September 1890 – 22 July 1976) was a British archaeologist and officer in the British Army.
Sir Mortimer Wheeler (born September 10, 1890, Glasgow, Scotland—died July 22, 1976, Leatherhead, near London, England) was a British archaeologist noted for his discoveries in Great Britain and India and for his advancement of scientific method in archaeology.
Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler (September 10, 1890 – July 22, 1976), was one of the best-known British archaeologists of the twentieth century. He is noted for his discoveries in Great Britain, India, and Pakistan, including sites of the Indus Valley Civilization.
Jul 22, 2022 · On July 22, 1976, British archaeologist Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler passed away. Wheeler is recognised as one of the most important British archaeologists of the twentieth century, responsible for successfully encouraging British public interest in the discipline and advancing methodologies of excavation and recording.
Jul 12, 2020 · Mortimer Wheeler was quite disappointed with India but he approached the country’s archaeology with a scientific precision that changed the discipline forever. Catch the story of the world-renowned archaeologist who transformed the ASI and inspired a generation of field archaeologists in India
May 4, 2003 · This is how Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler’s “directive” to “young officers” of the Archaeological Survey of India ended. It was circulated as one of the staff memorandum (no. 5) in April 1945 and is his most didactic official circular.
Jun 27, 2024 · Sir Mortimer Wheeler towers over twentiethcentury archaeology like a colossus. One of the last of the great archaeological adventurers, Wheeler has left a mark on our discipline that shows no sign of diminishing even as immediate memories of his long life fade into history.
Feb 15, 2023 · Adventurer in archaeology : the biography of Sir Mortimer Wheeler. by. Hawkes, Jacquetta, 1910-1996. Publication date. 1982. Topics. Wheeler, Mortimer, 1890-1976, Archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Biography. Publisher. New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press.
In February 1944 Mortimer Wheeler, having resigned his duties with the British 8th Army after the Salerno landings, was bound for India. Aboard the City of Exeter, in convoy to Bombay, Wheeler was planning another campaign —to sort out the ‘scientifically deplorable’ state of India’s archaeological survey.
Oct 26, 2020 · From 1948 to 1955, Mortimer Wheeler was Chair of the Archaeology of the Roman Provinces at the University of London (Piggott 1977: 638). Mortimer Wheeler’s primary research interest was Roman archaeology.
