Dorothy Garrod

thumb|Dorothy Garrod while at Newnham, c. 1913Dorothy Annie Elizabeth Garrod (5 May 1892 – 18 December 1968) was a British archaeologist known for her work on the Palaeolithic era. From 1939 to 1952, she served as Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge, becoming the first woman appointed to a professorial chair at either Cambridge or Oxford. Quotes You crawl on your stomach for hours … climbing up yawning abysses (lighted only by an acetylene lamp …) and get knocked on the head by stalactites and on the legs by stalagmites, and in the end arrive at all sorts of wonders; bison modelled in clay, and portraits of sorcerers, and footprints of Magdalenian man. Letter to cousin Jean, 1921 Mud, muck, ooze upon the floor, torn tents and thunder – all were forgotten as the sherry bottle was opened Dorothy Garrod dairy, April 1934 j’aime mieux écrire que discuter de vive voix [I much prefer to write than discuss aloud] Box 38, M.A.N., 19 February 1961 Europe was only after all a peninsula of Africa and Asia A Splendid Idiosyncrasy: Prehistory at Cambridge, 1915-50, 19 February 1961 External links Category:Archaeologists from England Category:Women scientists from England Category:Historians from England Category:1892 births Category:1968 deaths Category:People from London Category:Fellows of the British Academy Category:University of Cambridge alumni Category:University of Oxford alumni Category:Catholics from England Category:Women born in the 19th century Category:University of Cambridge faculty