Alexander Hardcastle

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Alexander Hardcastle (born October 25, 1872 , † June 27, 1933 in Agrigento ) was a British naval officer and amateur archaeologist.

Alexander Hardcastle was born to Henry Hardcastle and Maria Sophie Herschel, daughter of John Herschel . From 1892 he served in the Royal Navy , including 1895 to 1898 in the Straits Settlements and then in the Second Boer War in South Africa, for which he was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal with two clasps. He was promoted to captain in 1903 and retired in 1907, from which he was reactivated for the First World War from 1914 to 1917 .

In 1921 he came to Sicily and settled in Agrigento , where he lived in the Villa Aurea between the Temple of Concordia and the Temple of Heracles . He used his fortune to finance research into the archaeological sites there. He made the excavations possible by Pirro Marconi in the 1920s and the erection of the eight columns on the south side of the Temple of Heracles.

For his services to archeology, Sir Alexander Hardcastle received the honorary citizenship of the city of Agrigento and was appointed commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy .

literature

  • British Biographical Archive. II, Microfiche 1526, p. 281, cited there as the source: Who Was Who 1929–1940 . Black, London 1941.
  • Alexandra Richardson: Passionate Patron: The Life of Alexander Hardcastle and the Greek Temples of Agrigento. Archaeopress Archeology, 2009, ISBN 978-1-905739-28-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Amelia Crisantino: Il Mecenate di Agrigento. la Republicca, September 1, 2010, accessed March 13, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Hardcastle, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Navy captain
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1872
DATE OF DEATH June 27, 1933
Place of death Agrigento