Shinnie, Peter Lewis, son of Andrew James Shinnie OBE MD, MOH for the City of Westmimter, and Olive Victoire, d. of Arthur Whaley Lewis, sea captain, of Gwynfed, Carmarthenshire; b. 18 Jan. 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (A); left Apr. 1934; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1934, BA 1938, MA 1943; PO RAFVR Jan. 1937, transf. A & SD July 1940 (Sqdn Ldr), sen. Intell. Officer Greece 1944-5; asst Commissioner for Archaeology Sudan 1946, Commissioner 1948-55; FSA 1948; Dir. of Antiquities Uganda 1956; Prof. of Archaeology Univ. Coll. of Ghana 1958, Univ. of Khartoum 1966, Univ. of Calgary 1970 (Prof. Emeritus 1980); LLD (Calgary) 1983; author of Mediaeval Nubia 1954, Meroë: a civilisation of the Sudan 1970; m. 1st 2 Sept. 1946 Margaret Blanche Elizabeth, d. of Philip Cyril Cloake MD FRCP, Prof. of Neurology Univ. of Birmingham; 2nd Ama Owusua, d. of J. K. Nantwi of Kumasi, Ghana; d. 9 July 2007