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'''David George Hogarth''' (1862-1927) was a British [[archeology|archeologist]] specializing in the [[Middle East]]. While he was well known for his researches, and became a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]], his most lasting effects may well have been as mentor to [[Gertrude Bell]] and [[T. E. Lawrence]], and as a political intelligence specialist for Britain. | '''David George Hogarth''' (1862-1927) was a British [[archeology|archeologist]] specializing in the [[Middle East]]. While he was well known for his researches, and became a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]], his most lasting effects may well have been as mentor to [[Gertrude Bell]] and [[T. E. Lawrence]], and as a political intelligence specialist for Britain. | ||
His archeological responsibilities included heading the Ashmolean Museum; he was an expert in pottery. | |||
Lawrence said of Hogarth, "He is the man to whom I owe everything I have had since I was seventeen."<ref>''The Letters of T.E. Shaw'', No. 347." He was 45 when he met Lawrence, and was a Fellow at Magdalen, had been the director of the British School of Archaeology at Athens, correspondent for the ''Times'', and considered himself a patriot "in it neither for pay nor honours."<ref name=SL>{{citation | |||
| title = The Secret Lives of Lawrence of Arabia | |||
| author = Phillip Knightley and Colin Simpson | |||
| publisher = Bantam | year = 1971}}, pp. 16-17</ref> | |||
While at Oxford, [[Gertrude Bell]] developed a lifelong friendship with Janet Hogarth, David's younger sister. <ref name=Wallach>{{citation | |||
| title = Desert Queen | |||
| author = Janet Wallach | |||
| publisher = Anchor Books, Random House | year = 1999 | |||
| isbn = 1400096197}}, p. 22</ref> In 1915, he recruited her for the Military Intelligence office in Cairo, a [[human-source intelligence]] and [[intelligence analysis]] office he headed, reporting to Admiral [[Reginald Hall]]. <ref>Wallach, p. 145</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 00:30, 4 December 2009
David George Hogarth (1862-1927) was a British archeologist specializing in the Middle East. While he was well known for his researches, and became a Fellow of the Royal Society, his most lasting effects may well have been as mentor to Gertrude Bell and T. E. Lawrence, and as a political intelligence specialist for Britain.
His archeological responsibilities included heading the Ashmolean Museum; he was an expert in pottery.
Lawrence said of Hogarth, "He is the man to whom I owe everything I have had since I was seventeen."Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
While at Oxford, Gertrude Bell developed a lifelong friendship with Janet Hogarth, David's younger sister. [1] In 1915, he recruited her for the Military Intelligence office in Cairo, a human-source intelligence and intelligence analysis office he headed, reporting to Admiral Reginald Hall. [2]
References
- ↑ Janet Wallach (1999), Desert Queen, Anchor Books, Random House, ISBN 1400096197, p. 22
- ↑ Wallach, p. 145