Geraldine Talbot
Geraldine Talbot | |
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| File:Geraldine Talbot.jpg Geraldine (Gerry) Talbot | |
| Born | 1907 |
| Died | 19 September 2000 (aged 92–93) Oxford, United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Occupations | Archaeologist and Librarian |
| Employer | UCL Institute of Archaeology |
Geraldine Talbot (1907 – 19 September 2000) was a British archaeologist and librarian for the Institute of Archaeology Library, University College London.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Geraldine Talbot was born in 1907.[1] She read modern languages at Oxford.[2] During the Second World War, she joined First Aid Nursing Yeomanry and was a military ambulance driver stationed in Woolwich.[2] She was commissioned at the rank of captain in the Auxiliary Territorial Service.[3]
In 1946, she began her work as the assistant librarian at the Institute of Archaeology, and succeeded Joan du Plat Taylor as the librarian when she retired in 1962.[2][3] The work of Talbot, du Plat Taylor and Heather Bell who succeeded Talbot as librarian, resulted in the Institute's library being "one of the foremost libraries for Archaeology in Britain."[4] She retired as librarian in 1976.[3]
Her interest in archaeology was in the Near East, and she worked on excavations at Jericho (1952 and 1957),[5] Jerusalem, Petra and Busairah (1973, 1974 and 1980).[2][6] She was also involved in the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, as Assistant Secretary (1958-1963), Honorary Secretary (1963-1976), and Assistant Secretary (Publications) (1976-1983).[2]
Talbot died on 19 September 2000, aged 92.[2]
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