Eóin MacWhite
Eóin MacWhite (born September 7, 1923 in Geneva , † 1972 ) was an Irish prehistoric and diplomat .
Eóin MacWhite was born in Geneva in 1923 as the son of the Irish diplomat Michael MacWhite . After the Irish Free State was admitted to the League of Nations in 1923, his father was appointed Ireland's first permanent representative to the League .
The further life of Eóin MacWhite was also shaped by the changing diplomatic activities of his father and the related moves. He attended schools in Washington, DC , Virginia and Maryland . He later returned to Dublin with his family . Here he began his studies in Celtology at University College Dublin in 1940 . In 1943 he received a Bachelor of Arts with Honors. A Master of Arts followed the next year , which he also received with distinction. In his master's thesis, MacWhite had dealt with late Bronze Age depot finds . After the start of World War II , MacWhite benefited from Irish neutrality when he examined Celtic rock carvings in Spain and Portugal . In 1946, the talented MacWhite published a paper on Celtic rock carvings in Ireland, in which he examined the similarities with those of the Iberian Peninsula , and his doctoral thesis on the Bronze Age on the Iberian Peninsula.
MacWhite was now active in the diplomatic service like his father. He later represented Ireland as ambassador to Australia and the Netherlands . In addition to his diplomatic career, he continued to do academic research; in the 1950s he turned to anthropology after archeology . In the 1960s, he was interested in Russian literature .
Eóin MacWhite died in a traffic accident in 1972 at the age of 49 .
Publications (selection)
- The Bronze Socketed Gouge in Ireland , The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Seventh Series , Vol. 14, No. 3 (Sep. 30, 1944), pp. 160-165
- Irish Bronze Age Trumpets , The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland , Vol. 75, No. 2 (Jun. 1945), pp. 85-106
- A New View on Irish Bronze Age Rock-Scribings , The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland , Vol. 76, No. 2 (Jul., 1946), pp. 59-80
- On the Interpretation of Archeological Evidence in Historical and Sociological Terms , American Anthropologist, New Series , Vol. 58, No. 1 (Feb. 1956), pp. 3-25
- Thomas Moore and Poland , Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section C: Archeology, Celtic Studies, History, Linguistics, Literature , Vol. 72, (1972), pp. 49-62
- Vladimir Pecherin, 1807-1885: The First Chaplain of the Mater Hospital, Dublin, and the First Russian Political Emigré , Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review , Vol. 60, No. 239/240 (Autumn - Winter, 1971), p. 29 ff.
Web links
- Kurzbiografie (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Bradley, Richard: Rock art and the prehistory of Atlantic Europe: signing the land (1997)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | MacWhite, Eóin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish prehistoric and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geneva |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1972 |