- T. D. Kendrick
Sir Thomas Downing Kendrick KCB (
April 1 ,1895 –November 2 ,1979 ) was a British archaeologist.He was educated at
Oriel College, Oxford .He was Director of the
British Museum , from 1950, until he retired in 1959 [Sources: David M. Wilson, ‘Kendrick, Sir Thomas Downing (1895–1979)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2005 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/31303 accessed 4 Nov 2006] and [http://www.dictionaryofarthistorians.org/kendrickt.htm Dictionary of art historians website] ] .Books by T.D. Kendrick
* The axe age : a study in British prehistory (1925)
* TheDruids . A study in Keltic prehistory (1927)
* A History of theVikings (1930)
*Anglo-Saxon Art to A.D. 900 (1938)
* The Archaeology of theChannel Islands (2 Vols – 1928-38)
* Archaeology in England and Wales, 1914-1931 (1932)
* The Presidents of theSociety of Antiquaries of London . With biographical notes. (1945)
* Late Saxon and Viking art (1949)
* British Antiquity (1950)
* TheLisbon Earthquake (1956)
* St. James in Spain )1960)
* Great Love forIcarus (1962) - a semi-autobiographical novel.
* Mary of Agreda. The life and legend of a Spanish nun (1967)References
* [http://www.dictionaryofarthistorians.org/kendrickt.htm Dictionary of Art Historians]
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