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D. G. (David George) Hogarth
1862–1927
An energetic archaeologist and historian of the ancient Near East, this Oxford scholar helped shape early twentieth-century understanding of the eastern Mediterranean. His books draw on firsthand travel, excavation, and a lifetime spent connecting classical study with the modern Middle East.
3 Audiobooks
The Ancient East
by D. G. (David George) Hogarth
The Balkans: A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey
by Nevill Forbes, D. G. (David George) Hogarth, David Mitrany, Arnold Toynbee
Accidents of an antiquary's life
by D. G. (David George) Hogarth
About the author
Born in 1862, he was educated at Winchester and Magdalen College, Oxford, and went on to build a career as an archaeologist, orientalist, and historian. He worked across the eastern Mediterranean and Near East, taking part in or leading excavations at important sites including Knossos, Ephesus, and Carchemish.
Alongside his fieldwork, he became a major figure in British academic life. He served as Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford from 1909 until his death in 1927, and he wrote widely on ancient history, archaeology, and the lands of the Ottoman world.
He is also remembered for his connection with T. E. Lawrence during the First World War, when he served in British naval intelligence and was involved with the Arab Bureau. That unusual mix of scholarship, travel, and public service gives his writing a distinctive voice: informed by close study, but also by direct experience of the places he described.