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Jacquetta Hawkes OBE FBA (5 August 1910 – 18 March 1996) was an English archaeologist and writer. She was the first woman to study the Archaeology & Anthropology degree course at the University of Cambridge.
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- 5 August 1910, Cambridge, England
- University of Cambridge
- 18 March 1996 (aged 85), Cheltenham, England
May 11, 2012 · A flamboyant history of Planet England and a sensorily supercharged call to get back to the land. Robert Macfarlane. Fri 11 May 2012 17.55 EDT. Jacquetta Hawkes's extraordinary book A Land,...
Jacquetta Hawkes was an English archaeologist and writer. She was the first woman to study the Archaeology & Anthropology degree course at the University of Cambridge. A specialist in prehistoric archaeology, she excavated Neanderthal remains at the Palaeolithic site of Mount Carmel with Yusra and Dorothy Garrod.
Jacquetta obtained First Class Honours in her finals and was awarded a travelling scholarship. Accompanied by a photograph of Hawkes, she went off to Palestine to excavate caves on the lower...
British archaeologist and writer who was one of the foremost popularizers of archaeology. Born Jacquetta Hopkins in Cambridge, England, on August 5, 1910; died on March 18, 1996; daughter of Sir Frederick Hopkins (a Nobel prizewinner); educated at Newnham College, University of Cambridge, and subsequently took part in many archaeological ...
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Jacquetta Hawkes has 80 books on Goodreads with 1834 ratings. Jacquetta Hawkes’s most popular book is A Land (Concord Library).
Oct 26, 2020 · Basic Biographical Information. Jessie Jacquetta Hawkes (nee Hopkins) also known as Jacquetta Priestley was born on August 5, 1910, in Cambridge, UK. Her father was the Nobel prize-winning biochemist and Trinity don, Frederick Gowland Hopkins, and her mother, Jessie Ann, introduced her to museums.
