Leyland Hugh Sackett FSA (13 August 1928 – 12 April 2020) was an archeologist credited with being among the discoverers of the Palaikastro Kouros. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Education
Sackett attended Merton College at Oxford. [1]
Work
As an archeologist, Sackett co-directed excavations at Lefkandi ( Mervyn Popham was the other co-director) and worked at Minoan Palaikastro and Roman Knossos in Crete. [5] His work at Lefkandi took place from 1962 to 1963 and 1964–1990, investigating Iron Age Greece. [1] His excavation work at Palaikastro took place from 1962 to 1963 and 1983–2020.
Additional work included excavations at Chios, Knossos, and Attica. [1]
His association with the British School at Athens began in 1954. [1] Sackett was assistant director of the school from 1961 to 1963 and later became a vice-president there. [5]
He taught classics and Greek archeology at the Groton School in Massachusetts for more than 60 years. [2] He was Groton's longest-serving faculty member. [3] Beginning in 1968 and until at least 2006, he was released from duties at Groton in the spring term in order to pursue his archeological work in Greece. [1]
Sackett received the Gold Medal of the Archaeological Institute of America. [5]
Personal life
Sackett married his wife Eleanor in 1995. [1] Sackett was the stepfather of Henry Davis, an attorney. [6]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Reyes, A.T. (12 May 2020). "News - In Memoriam: Leyland Hugh Sackett - Archaeological Institute of America AIA News". Archaeological Institute of America.
- ^ a b "Hugh Sackett, global authority on the archaeology of the Aegean – obituary". The Telegraph. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ a b "In Memory of Hugh Sackett, Groton's Longest-Serving Faculty Member". Groton School. 14 April 2020.
- ^ "SALON". 22 April 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ a b c Cadogan, Gerald (December 2020). "Hugh Sackett (1928–2020)". The Annual of the British School at Athens. 115: 419–427. doi: 10.1017/S0068245420000131.
- ^ "Belle Burden And Henry Davis". The New York Times. 6 June 1999. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
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