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Ernest Arthur Gardner
1862–1939
A leading English archaeologist of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, he helped shape the study of ancient Greece through excavation, teaching, and clear scholarly writing. His career linked fieldwork in Greece and Egypt with major academic posts in London and Cambridge.
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Religion and Art in Ancient Greece
by Ernest Arthur Gardner
About the author
Born in London in 1862, Ernest Arthur Gardner studied at the City of London School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He became known as an English archaeologist and classical scholar at a time when archaeology was becoming a more formal academic discipline.
He served as director of the British School at Athens from 1887 to 1895, a role closely associated with important work in Greece. He also took part in excavations in Egypt, including work at Naukratis, and later held major university posts, including the Yates Professorship of Archaeology at University College London.
Gardner wrote widely on Greek art, sculpture, and archaeology, helping bring classical material to both students and general readers. He died in 1939, remembered as a scholar who connected excavation, museum study, and university teaching in a lasting way.