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Harden, Donald Benjamin, 1901-1994
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Dates of existence
1901-1994
History
Harden, Donald Benjamin, son of Rt Rev. John Mason Harden, Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry, and Constance Caroline, d. of William Sparrow of Clonmel, co. Tipperary; b. 8 July 1901; adm. Sept. 1914 (H), non-res. KS Sept. 1916; left July 1920; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1920, sen. schol. 1922, BA 1923 (1st class hons Classical Trip. Pt 2), MA 1932; sen. asst Humanity Dept. Univ. of Aberdeen 1924-6; Commonwealth Fund Fellow Michigan Univ. 1926-8, PhD; Michigan Univ. expedition to Egypt 1928-9; asst Keeper Dept. of Antiquities Ashmolean Museum 1929-45, Keeper 1945-56; FSA 1944, Vice-Pres. 1949-53 and 1964-7; Pres. Council for Brit. Archaeology 1950-4; Leverhulme Fellowship for res. on ancient glass 1953; Dir. London Museum 1956-70; Roy. Commn on Historic Monuments (England) 1963-71; OBE 1956, CBE 1969; Gold Medal Soc. of Antiquaries 1977; hon. FBA 1987; author of Roman Glass from Karanis 1936, The Phoenicians 1962, rev. 1971 and 1980; m. 1st 6 July 1934 Cecil Ursula, d. of Rev. James Adolphus Harriss, Vicar of St Andrew, Oxford; 2nd 31 Mar. 1965 Dorothy May, d. of Daniel Herbert McDonald, chartered accountant, of Melbourne, Australia; d. 13 Apr. 1994.
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GB 2014
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Full
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1919 to Election 1989, Volume 4, compiled by F.E. Pagan and H.E. Pagan, Padstow, 1992