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for the ship, with responsibility for ordering a halt to the bombardment if the temple were in danger of damage. In 1917, he suggested that the BSA be used as a formal institution of British intelligence: his proposal was initially welcomed by the Foreign Office, but by early 1918 had been rejected
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Professor Myres, whilst he teaches Greek language and literature as the modern man would have them taught, and is a learned archaeologist to boot, yet can have no greater title to our respect than that, of many devoted helpers, he did the most to organize an effective school of Anthropology in the
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as an armoury, in which a German armourer was refitting rifles smuggled there from Greece for Ottoman service. Myres reported the matter to the Royal Navy, which tasked a
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and the Bronze Age site of Ayia Paraskevi. Myres gave his share of the finds to the University of Oxford, where they form a large part of the Cypriot collection of the
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A catalogue of the Cyprus museum, with a chronicle of excavations undertaken since the British occupation, and introductory notes on Cypriote archaeology
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between 1935 and 1938. He was an advisor during the drafting of the 1935 Cypriot Antiquities Law and the initiation of the country's
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Evans, Arthur; Lang, Andrew; Murray, Gilbert; Jevons, Frank Byron; Myres, John Linton; Fowler, William Warde (1908).
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on Cyprus; he also excavated for the BSA, with the assistance of the Cyprus Exploration Fund, various sites such as
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John Lynton Myres was the son of the Rev. William Miles Myres and his wife, Jane Linton, and was educated at
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and was its first editor from 1901 to 1903. He was considered as a possible director of the BSA to replace
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and taking copies of inscriptions. In 1985, he moved college and was elected a student (i.e. fellow) and
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Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology Oxford. Highlights of the Annual Report August 2008 - July 2010
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wrote that a "Cambridge combine" had acted to prevent the appointment of an Oxford-based candidate.
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At Oxford, Myres worked for the Director of Naval Intelligence. He contributed to the British
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Scholars, Travels, Archives: Greek History and Culture through the British School at Athens
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Sifting the Soil of Greece: The Early Years of the British School at Athens (1886–1919)
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Anthropology and the Classics: Six lectures delivered before the University of Oxford
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and a former royal yacht – which he used to raid along the Turkish shore of the
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and served as its president between 1924 and 1926. Later he became president of the
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Presidents of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
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Fellows of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
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A 'Kernos,' or Ring-Vase, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
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For his son, John Nowell Linton Myres, also a British archaeologist, see
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to bombard and destroy the house: Myres flew in one of the two aircraft
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In 1916, Myres claimed to have discovered that the German archaeologist
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in 1892. He travelled widely throughout the Mediterranean, collecting
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He was a major influence on the British-Australian archaeologist
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The influence of anthropology on the course of political science
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The Amathus Bowl: A Long-Lost Masterpiece of Oriental Engraving
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Concentric Circle Ornament on Vessels of Wood from the Taurus
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Notes on the 'Prison of Saint Catharine' at Salamis in Cyprus
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Handbook of the Cesnola collection of antiquities from Cyprus
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during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Having been a
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Myres, John Linton; Ohnefalsch-Richter, Max Hermann (1899).
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by both that organisation and the BSA's managing committee.
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Naval Intelligence Division Geographical Handbook Series
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Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War I
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The Cretan Labyrinth: A Retrospect of Aegean Research
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between 1928 and 1931. He was also president of the
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J.; Firth, Raymond (1939). 939:The Annual of the British School at Athens 849:The Annual of the British School at Athens 810:Boardman, John. "Myres, Sir John Linton". 630:Notes on the History of the Kabyle Pottery 418:, and in 1914 published a handbook of the 396:, where he had been selected as the first 392:in 1907. However, he soon returned to the 60: 31: 1137:(Supplement). 20 July 1917. p. 7424. 1035: 890: 888: 860: 367:. He founded the anthropological journal 1072:The International Who's Who in the World 1267:"Vere Gordon Childe | Encyclopedia.com" 813:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 773: 66:Passport photograph and signature, 1921 805: 803: 801: 799: 797: 795: 1453:Wykeham Professors of Ancient History 486:for his service, and was promoted to 296:(BSA) with which he excavated at the 7: 1013: 1011: 928: 926: 924: 845:"Obituary Sir John Myres: 1869-1954" 733:A Modern 'Kernos' Vessel from Tiflis 474:in Athens, complained about them to 398:Wykeham Professor of Ancient History 233:Wykeham Professor of Ancient History 227:(1907–1910). Having returned to the 996:. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 788:. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 1285. 713:The Early Pot-Fabrics of Asia Minor 407:, published between 1910 and 1911. 339:In 1894, Myres participated in the 1473:Presidents of the Folklore Society 14: 693:The Political Ideas of the Greeks 410:He also performed excavations at 235:from 1910 until 1939. During the 1438:Writers from Preston, Lancashire 1393: 992:A Catalogue of the Cyprus Museum 1024:The Journal of Hellenic Studies 763:(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1953) 539:Royal Anthropological Institute 400:in 1910. He contributed to the 243:in the Eastern Mediterranean. 1: 1468:Alumni of New College, Oxford 1379:. 16 July 1943. p. 3231. 1165:10.1080/0015587X.1924.9719982 1004:– via Internet Archive. 609:Excavations in Cyprus in 1894 497:was using his house near the 440:Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 416:Leonard Halford Dudley Buxton 241:Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 830:UK public library membership 760:Herodotus, Father of History 637:The value of ancient history 583:1943 King's Birthday Honours 386:Gladstone Professor of Greek 221:Gladstone Professor of Greek 22:John Myers (radio executive) 746:Excavations in Cyprus, 1913 480:Order of the British Empire 444:Naval Intelligence Division 336:in classical archaeology. 1509: 1241:. In Marett, R. R. (ed.). 533:Myres was a member of the 424:Metropolitan Museum of Art 15: 1463:Victoria Medal recipients 1037:10.1017/S0075426900079283 951:10.1017/S0068245400020074 862:10.1017/S0068245400012818 547:Department of Antiquities 177: 111: 59: 843:Dunbabin, T. J. (1954). 332:. He was additionally a 318:Magdalen College, Oxford 294:British School at Athens 247:Early life and education 213:Magdalen College, Oxford 529:Later career and legacy 523:mentioned in dispatches 404:Encyclopædia Britannica 390:University of Liverpool 288:, and graduated with a 225:University of Liverpool 154:University of Liverpool 1448:British archaeologists 1159:(1): 1–7. 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Index

Nowell Myres
John Myers (radio executive)
OBE
FBA
FRAI
Headshot of a man with round glasses and a short, neat beard.
Preston
Oxford
Winchester College
New College, Oxford
University of Liverpool
University of Oxford
Vere Gordon Childe
OBE
FBA
FRAI
archaeologist
Cyprus
fellow
Magdalen College, Oxford
Christ Church, Oxford
Gladstone Professor of Greek
University of Liverpool
University of Oxford
Wykeham Professor of Ancient History
First World War
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Winchester College
independent
boarding school

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