John Garstang
British archaeologist; born Blackburn, Lancs., 5 May 1876, son of Dr. Walter G. and Matilda Mary Wardley; he was educated at Blackburn Grammar School and Jesus College, Oxford, where he was a Mathematical Scholar, 1895-99; he married, 1907, Marie L. Bergès d.1949; MA, DSc, BLitt (Oxon); Hon, LLD (Aberdeen); FSA; Chevalier de la Légiond’Honneur; Order of St. John of Jerusalem, 1926; King’s Silver Jubilee Medal, 1935; Professor Emeritus, University of Liverpool from 1942; Corresp. Institut de France, 1947; Chairman Cttee.1947-52; Hon.
