73:
1406:
524:
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
571:
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
1498:
1493:
489:, Myres's naval superior, who dismissed the complaint as "extremely silly". According to Myres's subordinates, his operations attracted the commitment of 6,000 Ottoman troops; he received the
679:
1503:
549:
516:
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
366:
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
1106:(2009). "Academics at War: The British School at Athens During the First World War". In Llewellyn Smith, Michael; Kitromilides, Paschalis M.; Calligas, Eleni (eds.).
473:, stealing cattle to prevent them from being shipped to Germany. During one such raid, he captured around 2000 cattle. Myres's raids earned him the nickname "the
823:
634:
A catalogue of the Cyprus museum, with a chronicle of excavations undertaken since the
British occupation, and introductory notes on Cypriote archaeology
1463:
380:
553:
206:
62:
454:
1483:
1277:
412:
910:. Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Supplements. Vol. 111. London: Institute of Classical Studies. pp. iii–474.
556:
between 1935 and 1938. He was an advisor during the drafting of the 1935 Cypriot
Antiquities Law and the initiation of the country's
198:
54:
1448:
1478:
1315:
1302:
695:
408:
243:
1473:
557:
1261:
1244:
Evans, Arthur; Lang, Andrew; Murray, Gilbert; Jevons, Frank Byron; Myres, John Linton; Fowler, William Warde (1908).
1115:
915:
529:
358:
on Cyprus; he also excavated for the BSA, with the assistance of the Cyprus
Exploration Fund, various sites such as
1458:
593:
770:
671:
1468:
687:
450:
262:
John Lynton Myres was the son of the Rev. William Miles Myres and his wife, Jane Linton, and was educated at
251:
202:
58:
584:
396:
384:
and was its first editor from 1901 to 1903. He was considered as a possible director of the BSA to replace
231:
32:
1110:. British School at Athens Studies. Vol. 17. London: The British School at Athens. pp. 163–177.
662:
1410:
490:
335:
and taking copies of inscriptions. In 1985, he moved college and was elected a student (i.e. fellow) and
17:
703:
655:
647:
633:
1304:
Ashmolean Museum of Art and
Archaeology Oxford. Highlights of the Annual Report August 2008 - July 2010
509:
458:
434:
1488:
756:
392:
wrote that a "Cambridge combine" had acted to prevent the appointment of an Oxford-based candidate.
1159:
328:
304:
223:
1361:
1139:
1428:
533:
400:
267:
235:
164:
718:
792:
430:
375:
1078:
583:
At Oxford, Myres worked for the
Director of Naval Intelligence. He contributed to the British
296:
564:
385:
340:
227:
1381:
1245:
292:
1453:
1443:
1243:
1108:
Scholars, Travels, Archives: Greek
History and Culture through the British School at Athens
545:
498:
404:
239:
169:
1405:
1199:"88. J. L. Myres: Past President of the Royal Anthropological Institute; Editor of 'Man.'"
8:
1001:
426:
388:, who resigned in 1905, but was ultimately discounted: his fellow unsuccessful candidate
344:
308:
288:
284:
143:
96:
1386:
1366:
1343:
1226:
1144:
1121:
1060:
981:
973:
921:
908:
Sifting the Soil of Greece: The Early Years of the British School at Athens (1886–1919)
885:
577:
521:
275:
263:
182:
138:
1423:
1311:
1257:
1254:
Anthropology and the Classics: Six lectures delivered before the University of Oxford
1218:
1179:
1111:
1052:
1008:
985:
965:
911:
877:
714:
494:
469:
and a former royal yacht – which he used to raid along the Turkish shore of the
324:
219:
548:
and served as its president between 1924 and 1926. Later he became president of the
1210:
1171:
1042:
957:
867:
828:
389:
367:
300:
1175:
840:
609:. He was knighted by the King during a ceremony on 13 July at Buckingham Palace.
597:
505:
336:
270:
247:
72:
1419:
832:
486:
478:
351:
1499:
Presidents of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
1047:
1030:
961:
872:
855:
1437:
1222:
1183:
1103:
1056:
1012:
969:
881:
482:
371:
211:
1494:
Fellows of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
750:
A 'Kernos,' or Ring-Vase, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
461:. He was given command of three former civilian vessels – a motorised
28:
446:
332:
27:
For his son, John Nowell Linton Myres, also a British archaeologist, see
1347:
1331:
1125:
977:
945:
925:
889:
520:
to bombard and destroy the house: Myres flew in one of the two aircraft
504:
In 1916, Myres claimed to have discovered that the German archaeologist
303:(BA) degree in 1892. During the same year he was a Craven Fellow at the
1414:
1230:
763:
743:
730:
723:
640:
626:
474:
470:
1198:
1064:
946:"'I Propose to Begin at Gnossos': John Myres's Visit to Crete in 1893"
749:
737:
619:
331:
in 1892. He travelled widely throughout the Mediterranean, collecting
517:
359:
1214:
462:
422:
312:
280:
713:(Berkeley: University of California Press, 1930), Sather Lectures
576:
He was a major influence on the British-Australian archaeologist
466:
355:
31:. For the British radio executive, consultant and presenter, see
688:
The influence of anthropology on the course of political science
738:
The Amathus Bowl: A Long-Lost Masterpiece of Oriental Engraving
513:
363:
215:
115:
764:
Concentric Circle Ornament on Vessels of Wood from the Taurus
680:
Notes on the 'Prison of Saint Catharine' at Salamis in Cyprus
672:
Handbook of the Cesnola collection of antiquities from Cyprus
601:
218:
during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Having been a
999:
Myres, John Linton; Ohnefalsch-Richter, Max Hermann (1899).
525:
by both that organisation and the BSA's managing committee.
605:
580:. The Myres Archive is located in the Ashmolean Museum.
586:
Naval Intelligence Division Geographical Handbook Series
998:
1504:
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War I
370:. In 1899, Myres published the first catalogue of the
731:
The Cretan Labyrinth: A Retrospect of Aegean Research
600:"for services to learning", and thereby granted the
552:
between 1928 and 1931. He was also president of the
1332:"War Service of Students of the School, 1939–1945"
1098:
1096:
1094:
1092:
1000:
659:(New York/London: Holt/Williams and Norgate, 1911)
627:Copper and Bronze in Cyprus and South-East Europe
374:, in collaboration with the German archaeologist
323:Following his graduation, Myers was elected as a
210:(3 July 1869 – 6 March 1954) was a British
1435:
696:Sarcophagus from Amathus, Sarcophagus from Golgi
589:that was published during the Second World War.
1374:
1196:
1132:
1089:
664:Herodotus : Outline Analysis of Books I-Vl
1370:(Supplement). 28 May 1943. pp. 2417–2418.
1354:
1310:. University of Oxford. 2010. pp. 11–12.
38:British archaeologist and academic (1869–1954)
554:Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies
827:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
399:and a lecturer in ancient geography at the
257:
214:and academic, who conducted excavations in
1429:Article on Myres at the Pitt Rivers Museum
1336:The Annual of the British School at Athens
1197:Braunholtz, H. J.; Firth, Raymond (1939).
950:The Annual of the British School at Athens
860:The Annual of the British School at Athens
821:Boardman, John. "Myres, Sir John Linton".
641:Notes on the History of the Kabyle Pottery
539:
429:, and in 1914 published a handbook of the
407:, where he had been selected as the first
403:in 1907. However, he soon returned to the
71:
1148:(Supplement). 20 July 1917. p. 7424.
1046:
901:
899:
871:
378:. He founded the anthropological journal
1380:
1360:
1138:
1083:The International Who's Who in the World
853:
1278:"Vere Gordon Childe | Encyclopedia.com"
824:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
77:Passport photograph and signature, 1921
14:
1436:
896:
816:
814:
812:
810:
808:
806:
1464:Wykeham Professors of Ancient History
1102:
943:
497:for his service, and was promoted to
307:(BSA) with which he excavated at the
1024:
1022:
939:
937:
935:
905:
856:"Obituary Sir John Myres: 1869-1954"
820:
744:A Modern 'Kernos' Vessel from Tiflis
485:in Athens, complained about them to
409:Wykeham Professor of Ancient History
244:Wykeham Professor of Ancient History
238:(1907–1910). Having returned to the
1007:. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
803:
799:. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 1285.
724:The Early Pot-Fabrics of Asia Minor
418:, published between 1910 and 1911.
350:In 1894, Myres participated in the
24:
1484:Presidents of the Folklore Society
1028:
440:
25:
1515:
1398:
1019:
932:
704:The Political Ideas of the Greeks
421:He also performed excavations at
318:
246:from 1910 until 1939. During the
1449:Writers from Preston, Lancashire
1404:
1003:A Catalogue of the Cyprus Museum
1324:
1295:
1270:
1237:
1190:
1152:
1035:The Journal of Hellenic Studies
774:(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1953)
550:Royal Anthropological Institute
411:in 1910. He contributed to the
1071:
992:
847:
785:
254:in the Eastern Mediterranean.
13:
1:
1479:Alumni of New College, Oxford
1390:. 16 July 1943. p. 3231.
1176:10.1080/0015587X.1924.9719982
1015:– via Internet Archive.
778:
620:Excavations in Cyprus in 1894
508:was using his house near the
451:Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
427:Leonard Halford Dudley Buxton
252:Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
841:UK public library membership
771:Herodotus, Father of History
648:The value of ancient history
594:1943 King's Birthday Honours
397:Gladstone Professor of Greek
232:Gladstone Professor of Greek
33:John Myers (radio executive)
7:
757:Excavations in Cyprus, 1913
491:Order of the British Empire
455:Naval Intelligence Division
347:in classical archaeology.
10:
1520:
1252:. In Marett, R. R. (ed.).
544:Myres was a member of the
435:Metropolitan Museum of Art
26:
1474:Victoria Medal recipients
1048:10.1017/S0075426900079283
962:10.1017/S0068245400020074
873:10.1017/S0068245400012818
558:Department of Antiquities
188:
178:
157:
152:
131:
126:
122:
104:
82:
70:
45:
854:Dunbabin, T. J. (1954).
612:
343:. He was additionally a
329:Magdalen College, Oxford
305:British School at Athens
258:Early life and education
224:Magdalen College, Oxford
540:Later career and legacy
534:mentioned in dispatches
415:Encyclopædia Britannica
401:University of Liverpool
299:, and graduated with a
236:University of Liverpool
165:University of Liverpool
1459:British archaeologists
1170:(1): 1–7. March 1924.
833:10.1093/ref:odnb/35180
667:(Oxford: Hart , 1912).
574:
431:Luigi Palma di Cesnola
376:Max Ohnefalsch-Richter
1469:English prehistorians
1160:"Minutes of Meetings"
596:, he was appointed a
572:University of Oxford.
569:
565:Robert Ranulph Marett
386:Robert Carr Bosanquet
341:Christ Church, Oxford
250:, he served with the
228:Christ Church, Oxford
195:Sir John Linton Myres
99:, Lancashire, England
1085:. 1912. p. 801.
1079:"Myres, John Linton"
906:Gill, David (2011).
793:"Myres, John Linton"
711:Who were the Greeks?
530:Lieutenant Commander
499:lieutenant commander
413:11th edition of the
405:University of Oxford
240:University of Oxford
170:University of Oxford
1420:Works by John Myres
1256:. Clarendon Press.
944:Brown, Ann (1986).
656:The Dawn of History
345:university lecturer
289:first class honours
285:New College, Oxford
266:, then an all-boys
242:, he was the first
144:New College, Oxford
127:Academic background
1409:Works by or about
1387:The London Gazette
1367:The London Gazette
1145:The London Gazette
1029:G., D. H. (1954).
578:Vere Gordon Childe
465:(fishing boat), a
449:, Myres served in
433:collection in the
362:, Laxia tou Riou,
354:'s excavations at
276:Literae humaniores
264:Winchester College
183:Vere Gordon Childe
139:Winchester College
1424:Project Gutenberg
1317:978-1-85444-257-4
839:(Subscription or
495:Order of George I
230:, he was briefly
192:
191:
50:John Linton Myres
16:(Redirected from
1511:
1489:Knights Bachelor
1408:
1392:
1391:
1378:
1372:
1371:
1358:
1352:
1351:
1328:
1322:
1321:
1309:
1299:
1293:
1292:
1290:
1288:
1282:encyclopedia.com
1274:
1268:
1267:
1250:by R. R. Marett"
1241:
1235:
1234:
1194:
1188:
1187:
1156:
1150:
1149:
1136:
1130:
1129:
1100:
1087:
1086:
1075:
1069:
1068:
1050:
1026:
1017:
1016:
1006:
996:
990:
989:
941:
930:
929:
903:
894:
893:
875:
851:
845:
844:
836:
818:
801:
800:
789:
546:Folklore Society
510:Temple of Apollo
477:of the Aegean":
390:Duncan Mackenzie
368:Ashmolean Museum
301:Bachelor of Arts
209:
111:
92:
90:
75:
65:
43:
42:
21:
1519:
1518:
1514:
1513:
1512:
1510:
1509:
1508:
1434:
1433:
1401:
1396:
1395:
1379:
1375:
1359:
1355:
1342:: ix–xv. 1947.
1330:
1329:
1325:
1318:
1307:
1301:
1300:
1296:
1286:
1284:
1276:
1275:
1271:
1264:
1242:
1238:
1215:10.2307/2791529
1195:
1191:
1158:
1157:
1153:
1137:
1133:
1118:
1101:
1090:
1077:
1076:
1072:
1027:
1020:
997:
993:
942:
933:
918:
904:
897:
852:
848:
838:
819:
804:
791:
790:
786:
781:
615:
598:Knight Bachelor
542:
506:Theodor Wiegand
457:of the British
453:as part of the
447:First World War
443:
441:First World War
321:
271:boarding school
260:
248:First World War
197:
174:
148:
118:
113:
109:
100:
94:
88:
86:
78:
66:
53:
51:
48:
39:
36:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
1517:
1507:
1506:
1501:
1496:
1491:
1486:
1481:
1476:
1471:
1466:
1461:
1456:
1451:
1446:
1432:
1431:
1426:
1417:
1400:
1399:External links
1397:
1394:
1393:
1373:
1353:
1323:
1316:
1294:
1269:
1262:
1236:
1189:
1151:
1131:
1116:
1104:Clogg, Richard
1088:
1070:
1018:
991:
931:
916:
895:
846:
802:
783:
782:
780:
777:
776:
775:
767:
761:
753:
747:
741:
735:
727:
721:
708:
700:
692:
684:
676:
668:
660:
652:
644:
638:
630:
624:
614:
611:
541:
538:
528:In July 1917,
493:and the Greek
487:John de Robeck
481:, the British
479:Francis Elliot
442:
439:
352:British Museum
320:
319:Pre-war career
317:
259:
256:
190:
189:
186:
185:
180:
176:
175:
173:
172:
167:
161:
159:
155:
154:
150:
149:
147:
146:
141:
135:
133:
129:
128:
124:
123:
120:
119:
114:
112:(aged 84)
106:
102:
101:
95:
84:
80:
79:
76:
68:
67:
52:
49:
46:
37:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1516:
1505:
1502:
1500:
1497:
1495:
1492:
1490:
1487:
1485:
1482:
1480:
1477:
1475:
1472:
1470:
1467:
1465:
1462:
1460:
1457:
1455:
1452:
1450:
1447:
1445:
1442:
1441:
1439:
1430:
1427:
1425:
1421:
1418:
1416:
1412:
1407:
1403:
1402:
1389:
1388:
1383:
1377:
1369:
1368:
1363:
1357:
1349:
1345:
1341:
1337:
1333:
1327:
1319:
1313:
1306:
1305:
1298:
1283:
1279:
1273:
1265:
1263:9780790558226
1259:
1255:
1251:
1249:
1240:
1232:
1228:
1224:
1220:
1216:
1212:
1208:
1204:
1200:
1193:
1185:
1181:
1177:
1173:
1169:
1165:
1161:
1155:
1147:
1146:
1141:
1135:
1127:
1123:
1119:
1117:9780904887600
1113:
1109:
1105:
1099:
1097:
1095:
1093:
1084:
1080:
1074:
1066:
1062:
1058:
1054:
1049:
1044:
1040:
1036:
1032:
1031:"J. L. Myres"
1025:
1023:
1014:
1010:
1005:
1004:
995:
987:
983:
979:
975:
971:
967:
963:
959:
955:
951:
947:
940:
938:
936:
927:
923:
919:
917:9781905670321
913:
909:
902:
900:
891:
887:
883:
879:
874:
869:
865:
861:
857:
850:
842:
834:
830:
826:
825:
817:
815:
813:
811:
809:
807:
798:
794:
788:
784:
773:
772:
768:
765:
762:
759:
758:
754:
751:
748:
745:
742:
739:
736:
733:
732:
728:
725:
722:
720:
716:
712:
709:
706:
705:
701:
698:
697:
693:
690:
689:
685:
682:
681:
677:
674:
673:
669:
666:
665:
661:
658:
657:
653:
650:
649:
645:
642:
639:
636:
635:
631:
628:
625:
622:
621:
617:
616:
610:
608:
607:
603:
599:
595:
590:
588:
587:
581:
579:
573:
568:
566:
563:According to
561:
559:
555:
551:
547:
537:
535:
531:
526:
523:
519:
515:
511:
507:
502:
500:
496:
492:
488:
484:
480:
476:
472:
468:
464:
460:
456:
452:
448:
438:
436:
432:
428:
425:in 1913 with
424:
419:
417:
416:
410:
406:
402:
398:
395:Myres became
393:
391:
387:
383:
382:
377:
373:
372:Cyprus Museum
369:
365:
361:
357:
353:
348:
346:
342:
338:
334:
330:
326:
316:
314:
311:sanctuary of
310:
306:
302:
298:
294:
290:
286:
282:
278:
277:
273:. He studied
272:
269:
265:
255:
253:
249:
245:
241:
237:
233:
229:
225:
221:
217:
213:
212:archaeologist
208:
204:
200:
196:
187:
184:
181:
177:
171:
168:
166:
163:
162:
160:
156:
153:Academic work
151:
145:
142:
140:
137:
136:
134:
130:
125:
121:
117:
108:March 6, 1954
107:
103:
98:
85:
81:
74:
69:
64:
60:
56:
44:
41:
34:
30:
19:
1385:
1376:
1365:
1356:
1339:
1335:
1326:
1303:
1297:
1285:. Retrieved
1281:
1272:
1253:
1247:
1239:
1206:
1202:
1192:
1167:
1163:
1154:
1143:
1134:
1107:
1082:
1073:
1038:
1034:
1002:
994:
953:
949:
907:
863:
859:
849:
822:
796:
787:
769:
755:
729:
710:
702:
694:
686:
678:
670:
663:
654:
646:
632:
618:
604:
591:
585:
582:
575:
570:
562:
543:
527:
503:
444:
420:
414:
394:
379:
349:
322:
287:, achieving
274:
261:
194:
193:
158:Institutions
110:(1954-03-06)
93:July 3, 1869
40:
29:Nowell Myres
1454:1954 deaths
1444:1869 births
1382:"No. 36096"
1362:"No. 36033"
1140:"No. 30194"
1041:: 181–182.
866:: 311–312.
760:(1940-1945)
445:During the
333:antiquities
268:independent
18:J. L. Myres
1438:Categories
1415:Wikisource
1411:John Myres
1287:14 January
843:required.)
779:References
532:Myres was
475:Blackbeard
471:Aegean Sea
315:on Crete.
179:Influenced
89:1869-07-03
1223:0025-1496
1209:: 97–98.
1184:0015-587X
1057:0075-4269
1013:557845670
986:163351564
970:0068-2454
956:: 37–44.
882:0068-2454
797:Who's Who
719:0080-6684
518:destroyer
459:Admiralty
360:Kalopsida
226:and then
132:Education
1348:30096718
1164:Folklore
1126:40960681
978:30102890
926:44214938
890:30097000
522:spotting
483:minister
423:Lapithos
313:Petsofas
291:in both
281:classics
1248:Preface
1231:2791529
592:In the
467:tugboat
356:Amathus
234:at the
97:Preston
1346:
1314:
1260:
1229:
1221:
1182:
1124:
1114:
1065:627568
1063:
1055:
1011:
984:
976:
968:
924:
914:
888:
880:
837:
766:(1952)
752:(1939)
746:(1937)
740:(1933)
734:(1933)
726:(1930)
717:
707:(1927)
699:(1926)
691:(1916)
683:(1915)
675:(1914)
651:(1910)
643:(1902)
637:(1899)
629:(1898)
623:(1897)
514:Didyma
463:caïque
364:Kition
325:fellow
309:Minoan
297:Greats
279:(i.e.
220:fellow
216:Cyprus
116:Oxford
1344:JSTOR
1308:(PDF)
1227:JSTOR
1122:JSTOR
1061:JSTOR
982:S2CID
974:JSTOR
922:JSTOR
886:JSTOR
613:Works
602:title
337:tutor
283:) at
205:
201:
61:
57:
1312:ISBN
1289:2021
1258:ISBN
1219:ISSN
1180:ISSN
1112:ISBN
1053:ISSN
1009:OCLC
966:ISSN
912:ISBN
878:ISSN
715:ISSN
295:and
293:Mods
207:FRAI
105:Died
83:Born
63:FRAI
1422:at
1413:at
1211:doi
1203:Man
1172:doi
1043:doi
958:doi
868:doi
829:doi
606:sir
512:at
381:Man
339:at
327:of
222:at
203:FBA
199:OBE
59:FBA
55:OBE
47:Sir
1440::
1384:.
1364:.
1340:42
1338:.
1334:.
1280:.
1225:.
1217:.
1207:39
1205:.
1201:.
1178:.
1168:35
1166:.
1162:.
1142:.
1120:.
1091:^
1081:.
1059:.
1051:.
1039:74
1037:.
1033:.
1021:^
980:.
972:.
964:.
954:81
952:.
948:.
934:^
920:.
898:^
884:.
876:.
864:49
862:.
858:.
805:^
795:.
567:,
560:.
536:.
501:.
437:.
1350:.
1320:.
1291:.
1266:.
1246:"
1233:.
1213::
1186:.
1174::
1128:.
1067:.
1045::
988:.
960::
928:.
892:.
870::
835:.
831::
91:)
87:(
35:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
