Geoffrey Bibby
Thomas Geoffrey Bibby (born October 14, 1917 in Heversham , England , † February 6, 2001 in Aarhus ) was an English archaeologist.
He studied archeology at the University of Cambridge and worked from 1947 to 1950 as an employee of the Iraq Petroleum Company in Bahrain , as he could not find a job in the profession he had learned. In Bahrain he met his future wife, whom he married in 1949. Through his wife he met the Danish professor Peter Vilhelm Glob and got a job at Aarhus University in Denmark . He later became director of the Oriental Department of the Prehistoric Museum there. From 1952 he dug in Bahrain and other Gulf states and found the legendary Dilmun and other prehistoric cultures.
literature
- Testimony of the Spade. Alfred A. Knopf Verlag, New York 1956. German: Hand ax and bronze sword. Research into early research in the north of Europe. Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 1957
- Four thousand years Ago. 1961. German: In Abraham's time. People and culture 4,000 years ago. Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 1964
- Looking for Dilmun. Alfred A. Knopf Verlag, New York 1969. German: Dilmun. The discovery of the oldest high culture. Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 1973
Web links
- Literature by and about Geoffrey Bibby in the catalog of the German National Library
- Wolfgang Saxon: T. Geoffrey Bibby, Discoverer of Gilgamesh's Island, Dies at 83rd The New York Times, February 20, 2001
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bibby, Geoffrey |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bibby, Thomas Geoffrey (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heversham , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 2001 |
| Place of death | Aarhus |