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'''Arthur Hubert Stanley 'Peter' Megaw''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE|size=100%|sep=,}} (20 July 1910{{spaced ndash}}28 June 2006) was an architectural historian and archaeologist. He specialised in [[Byzantine]] churches. He served as Director of the [[British School at Athens]] from 1962 to 1968.
'''Arthur Hubert Stanley''' "'''Peter'''" '''Megaw''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE|size=100%|sep=,}} (20 July 1910{{spaced ndash}}28 June 2006) was an architectural historian and archaeologist. He specialised in [[Byzantine]] churches. He served as Director of the [[Department of Antiquities (Cyprus)|Department of Antiquities, Cyprus]] between 1935 and 1960 and as Director of the [[British School at Athens]] from 1962 to 1968.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Megaw was born on 20 July 1910 at Portobello House nursing home in [[Portobello, Dublin|Portobello]], Dublin, Ireland. He was the second of four sons of Arthur Stanley Megaw, a solicitor, and his wife, Helen Isabel Bertha Megaw (née Smith). Between 1924 and 1928, he was educated at [[Campbell College]], [[Belfast]], a boys [[boarding school]]. He went on to read architecture at [[Peterhouse, Cambridge|Peterhouse]], [[University of Cambridge]]. He graduated in 1931 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree which was later promoted to [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|Master of Arts]] (MA (Cantab)) degree.<ref name="Oxford DNB">{{cite web|last=Catling|first=Hector|title=Arthur Megaw|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101097380/Arthur-Megaw|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|accessdate=12 March 2013|date=January 2010}}</ref>
Megaw was born on 20 July 1910 at Portobello House nursing home in [[Portobello, Dublin|Portobello]], Dublin, Ireland. He was the second of four sons of Arthur Stanley Megaw, a solicitor, and his wife, Helen Isabel Bertha Megaw (née Smith). Between 1924 and 1928, he was educated at [[Campbell College]], [[Belfast]], a boys [[boarding school]]. He went on to read architecture at [[Peterhouse, Cambridge]], at the same time as the actor [[James Mason]], graduating in 1931 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree that was later promoted to Master of Arts [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|(MA (Cantab))]].<ref>"University News", ''The Times'', 22 June 1931, p. 19.</ref><ref name="Oxford DNB">{{cite web|last=Catling|first=Hector|title=Megaw, Arthur Hubert Stanley|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/97380|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|accessdate=2 May 2024|date=January 2010}}{{subscription required}}</ref> Two of his brothers, [[Basil Megaw]] and [[Eric Megaw]], also had notable careers in their own fields.<ref name="The Times - obit">{{cite news|title=Peter Megaw|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article2086806.ece|accessdate=14 March 2013|newspaper=The Times|date=4 August 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.imuseum.im/Olive/APA/IsleofMan/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=IMT%2F1952%2F01%2F12&id=Ar00814&sk=B6A940E8&viewMode=image|newspaper=[[Isle of Man Times]]|date=12 January 1952|page=8|title=(no title)|via=iMuseum, [[Manx National Heritage]]}}</ref>


==Academic career==
==Career==
Megaw never held an academic post at a university.<ref name="The Times - obit">{{cite news|title=Peter Megaw|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article2086806.ece|accessdate=14 March 2013|newspaper=The Times|date=4 August 2006}}</ref> He spent 75 years 'working on the study and preservation of the monuments of the Christian East'.<ref name="The Annual of the British School at Athens - obit">{{cite journal|last=Catling|first=Hector|title=A. H. S. Megaw (1910–2006): A Memoir|journal=The Annual of the British School at Athens|year=2007|volume=102|pages=1–10|jstor=30245245}}</ref>
Megaw never held an academic post at a university.<ref name="The Times - obit" /> He spent 75 years 'working on the study and preservation of the monuments of the Christian East'.<ref name="The Annual of the British School at Athens - obit">{{cite journal|last=Catling|first=Hector|title=A. H. S. Megaw (1910–2006): A Memoir|journal=The Annual of the British School at Athens|year=2007|volume=102|pages=1–10|doi=10.1017/S0068245400021420|jstor=30245245|s2cid=163271470 }}</ref>


He first joined the [[British School at Athens]] as Walston Student in 1931,<ref name="The Annual of the British School at Athens - obit" /> to study [[Byzantine architecture]].<ref name="Oxford DNB" /> He served as the first<ref>{{cite news|title=Hector Catling|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/9913218/Hector-Catling.html|accessdate=14 March 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=6 March 2013}}</ref> Director of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus between 1935 and 1960.<ref name="The Annual of the British School at Athens - obit" /> With the independence of Cyprus form British Rule in 1960, he spent two short, successive posts at [[Dumbarton Oaks]], Washington DC, United States of America and at the [[Byzantine Institute of America]] in [[Istanbul]], Turkey.<ref name="Oxford DNB" /> He served as Director of the British School at Athens from 1962 to 1968.<ref name="The Annual of the British School at Athens - obit" /> Following his early retirement from the directorship, he joined the Harvard Centre for Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks as a [[visiting scholar]]. He spent the remaining years of the 1960s and the 1970s splitting his time between Cyprus and the United States.<ref name="The Times - obit" />
He first joined the [[British School at Athens]] as Walston Student in 1931,<ref name="The Annual of the British School at Athens - obit" /> to study [[Byzantine architecture]].<ref name="Oxford DNB" />
He served as the first<ref>{{cite news|title=Hector Catling|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/9913218/Hector-Catling.html|accessdate=14 March 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=6 March 2013}}</ref> Director of the [[Department of Antiquities (Cyprus)|Department of Antiquities, Cyprus]] between 1935 and 1960.<ref name="The Annual of the British School at Athens - obit" /> In Cyprus he excavated the [[Kourion]] episcopal basilica and the Medieval fortress at [[Saranta Kolones]].
With the independence of Cyprus form British Rule in 1960, he spent two short, successive posts at [[Dumbarton Oaks]], Washington DC, United States of America and at the [[Byzantine Institute of America]] in [[Istanbul]], Turkey.<ref name="Oxford DNB" /> He served as Director of the British School at Athens from 1962 to 1968.<ref name="The Annual of the British School at Athens - obit" /> Following his early retirement from the directorship, he joined the Harvard Centre for Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks as a [[visiting scholar]]. He spent the remaining years of the 1960s and the 1970s splitting his time between Cyprus and the United States.<ref name="The Times - obit" />

Megaw's work can be seen in the photographic collection held at the Conway Library, [[Courtauld Institute of Art]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-30|title=Who made the Conway Library?|url=http://blog.courtauld.ac.uk/digitalmedia/2020/06/30/who-made-the-conway-library/|access-date=2021-02-23|website=Digital Media}}</ref>


==Later life==
==Later life==
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Megaw was known to his friends and colleagues as Peter.<ref name="Dumbarton Oaks - interview">{{cite web|title=Robin Sinclair Cormack|url=http://www.doaks.org/library-archives/dumbarton-oaks-archives/oral-history-project/robin-sinclair-cormack|work=Oral History Project|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks – Research Library and Collection|accessdate=14 March 2013}}</ref>
Megaw was known to his friends and colleagues as Peter.<ref name="Dumbarton Oaks - interview">{{cite web|title=Robin Sinclair Cormack|url=http://www.doaks.org/library-archives/dumbarton-oaks-archives/oral-history-project/robin-sinclair-cormack|work=Oral History Project|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks – Research Library and Collection|accessdate=14 March 2013}}</ref>

In Cyprus he also acted as a Public Information Officer and an Intelligence Officer on behalf of the [[British Cyprus|Colonial Government]].<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1947|title=War Service of Students of the School, 1939-1945|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/30096718|journal=The Annual of the British School at Athens|volume=42|pages=ix–xv|jstor=30096718 |issn=0068-2454}}</ref>


In 1937, he married Elektra Elena Mangoletsi. She was an artist who was born in 1905. She died in 1993, therefore predeceasing him. They did not have any children.<ref name="Oxford DNB" />
In 1937, he married Elektra Elena Mangoletsi. She was an artist who was born in 1905. She died in 1993, therefore predeceasing him. They did not have any children.<ref name="Oxford DNB" />
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In June 1949, he was appointed Serving Brother of the [[Venerable Order of Saint John]] (SBStJ).<ref name="LG 24 June 1949">{{London Gazette |issue=38650 |date=24 June 1949 |page=3132 }}</ref> In the 1951 [[King's Birthday Honours]], he was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE).<ref name="LG 1 June 1951">{{London Gazette |issue=39243 |date=1 June 1951 |page=3083 |supp=y }}</ref> He was promoted to Commander of the Venerable Order of Saint John (CStJ) in September 1967.<ref name="LG 8 September 1967">{{London Gazette |issue=44404 |date=8 September 1967 |page=9801 }}</ref>
In June 1949, he was appointed Serving Brother of the [[Venerable Order of Saint John]] (SBStJ).<ref name="LG 24 June 1949">{{London Gazette |issue=38650 |date=24 June 1949 |page=3132 }}</ref> In the 1951 [[King's Birthday Honours]], he was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE).<ref name="LG 1 June 1951">{{London Gazette |issue=39243 |date=1 June 1951 |page=3083 |supp=y }}</ref> He was promoted to Commander of the Venerable Order of Saint John (CStJ) in September 1967.<ref name="LG 8 September 1967">{{London Gazette |issue=44404 |date=8 September 1967 |page=9801 }}</ref>


In 1995, the [[Society of Antiquaries of London]] awarded him the Frend medal. This is an award for studies related to the archaeology, history and topography of the early Christian Church.<ref name="Oxford DNB" /> The book ''Mosaic: [[festschrift]] for A.H.S. Megaw'' was published in 2001 in his honour.<ref>{{cite book|title=Mosaic: festschrift for A.H.S. Megaw|editors=Judith Herrin, Margaret Mullett, and Catherine Otten-Froux|year=2001|publisher=British School at Athens|isbn=0904887405}}</ref>
In 1995, the [[Society of Antiquaries of London]] awarded him the Frend medal. This is an award for studies related to the archaeology, history and topography of the early Christian Church.<ref name="Oxford DNB" /> The book ''Mosaic: [[festschrift]] for A.H.S. Megaw'' was published in 2001 in his honour.<ref>{{cite book|title=Mosaic: festschrift for A.H.S. Megaw|editor1=Judith Herrin |editor2=Margaret Mullett |editor3=Catherine Otten-Froux|year=2001|publisher=British School at Athens|isbn=0904887405}}</ref>

== Publications ==

* Megaw, A. H. (1946). [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-hellenic-studies/article/three-vaulted-basilicas-in-cyprus/3EE362B5BCC6CD5A9348AC7D4AC7F266 Three vaulted basilicas in Cyprus.] ''The Journal of Hellenic Studies'', ''66'', 48–56.
* Megaw, A. H. (1972). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1291325.pdf Supplementary excavations on a castle site at Paphos, Cyprus, 1970-1971.] ''Dumbarton Oaks Papers'', 323–343.
* Megaw, A. H. S. (1974). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1291355.pdf Byzantine architecture and decoration in Cyprus: metropolitan or provincial?.] ''Dumbarton Oaks Papers'', ''28'', 57–88.
* Megaw, A. H. (1976). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1291397.pdf Excavations at the episcopal basilica of Kourion in Cyprus in 1974 and 1975: A preliminary report.] ''Dumbarton Oaks Papers'', ''30'', 345–371.
* Megaw, A. H. S., & Jones, R. E. (1983). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/30102805 Byzantine and allied pottery: A contribution by chemical analysis to problems of origin and distribution.] ''Annual of the British School at Athens'', ''78'', 235–263.
* Megaw, A. H. S. et al. (2007). ''Kourion. Excavations in the Episcopal Precinct.'' Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. Harvard.


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Latest revision as of 02:04, 3 May 2024

Peter Megaw
CBE
Born
Arthur Hubert Stanley Megaw

(1910-07-20)20 July 1910
Portobello, Dublin, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died28 May 2006(2006-05-28) (aged 95)
Hampstead, London, England
NationalityBritish
TitleDirector of the British School at Athens (1962–1968)
Spouse
Elektra Elena Mangoletsi
​
​
(m. 1937; died 1993)​
RelativesEric Megaw, Basil Megaw (brothers)
Academic background
EducationCampbell College
Alma materPeterhouse, Cambridge
Academic work
InstitutionsDepartment of Antiquities, Cyprus
Dumbarton Oaks
Byzantine Institute of America
British School at Athens

Arthur Hubert Stanley "Peter" Megaw, CBE (20 July 1910 – 28 June 2006) was an architectural historian and archaeologist. He specialised in Byzantine churches. He served as Director of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus between 1935 and 1960 and as Director of the British School at Athens from 1962 to 1968.

Early life[edit]

Megaw was born on 20 July 1910 at Portobello House nursing home in Portobello, Dublin, Ireland. He was the second of four sons of Arthur Stanley Megaw, a solicitor, and his wife, Helen Isabel Bertha Megaw (née Smith). Between 1924 and 1928, he was educated at Campbell College, Belfast, a boys boarding school. He went on to read architecture at Peterhouse, Cambridge, at the same time as the actor James Mason, graduating in 1931 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree that was later promoted to Master of Arts (MA (Cantab)).[1][2] Two of his brothers, Basil Megaw and Eric Megaw, also had notable careers in their own fields.[3][4]

Career[edit]

Megaw never held an academic post at a university.[3] He spent 75 years 'working on the study and preservation of the monuments of the Christian East'.[5]

He first joined the British School at Athens as Walston Student in 1931,[5] to study Byzantine architecture.[2]

He served as the first[6] Director of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus between 1935 and 1960.[5] In Cyprus he excavated the Kourion episcopal basilica and the Medieval fortress at Saranta Kolones.

With the independence of Cyprus form British Rule in 1960, he spent two short, successive posts at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington DC, United States of America and at the Byzantine Institute of America in Istanbul, Turkey.[2] He served as Director of the British School at Athens from 1962 to 1968.[5] Following his early retirement from the directorship, he joined the Harvard Centre for Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks as a visiting scholar. He spent the remaining years of the 1960s and the 1970s splitting his time between Cyprus and the United States.[3]

Megaw's work can be seen in the photographic collection held at the Conway Library, Courtauld Institute of Art.[7]

Later life[edit]

Megaw died of cancer on 28 June 2006 at his London home in Hampstead. He was cremated on 20 July 2006 at Golders Green Crematorium, Golders Green, London.[2]

Personal life[edit]

Megaw was known to his friends and colleagues as Peter.[8]

In Cyprus he also acted as a Public Information Officer and an Intelligence Officer on behalf of the Colonial Government.[9]

In 1937, he married Elektra Elena Mangoletsi. She was an artist who was born in 1905. She died in 1993, therefore predeceasing him. They did not have any children.[2]

Honours[edit]

In June 1949, he was appointed Serving Brother of the Venerable Order of Saint John (SBStJ).[10] In the 1951 King's Birthday Honours, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).[11] He was promoted to Commander of the Venerable Order of Saint John (CStJ) in September 1967.[12]

In 1995, the Society of Antiquaries of London awarded him the Frend medal. This is an award for studies related to the archaeology, history and topography of the early Christian Church.[2] The book Mosaic: festschrift for A.H.S. Megaw was published in 2001 in his honour.[13]

Publications[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "University News", The Times, 22 June 1931, p. 19.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Catling, Hector (January 2010). "Megaw, Arthur Hubert Stanley". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 2 May 2024.(subscription required)
  3. ^ a b c "Peter Megaw". The Times. 4 August 2006. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  4. ^ "(no title)". Isle of Man Times. 12 January 1952. p. 8 – via iMuseum, Manx National Heritage. {{cite news}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  5. ^ a b c d Catling, Hector (2007). "A. H. S. Megaw (1910–2006): A Memoir". The Annual of the British School at Athens. 102: 1–10. doi:10.1017/S0068245400021420. JSTOR 30245245. S2CID 163271470.
  6. ^ "Hector Catling". The Telegraph. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  7. ^ "Who made the Conway Library?". Digital Media. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Robin Sinclair Cormack". Oral History Project. Dumbarton Oaks – Research Library and Collection. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  9. ^ "War Service of Students of the School, 1939-1945". The Annual of the British School at Athens. 42: ix–xv. 1947. ISSN 0068-2454. JSTOR 30096718.
  10. ^ "No. 38650". The London Gazette. 24 June 1949. p. 3132.
  11. ^ "No. 39243". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 1951. p. 3083.
  12. ^ "No. 44404". The London Gazette. 8 September 1967. p. 9801.
  13. ^ Judith Herrin; Margaret Mullett; Catherine Otten-Froux, eds. (2001). Mosaic: festschrift for A.H.S. Megaw. British School at Athens. ISBN 0904887405.
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