Ashton Sanborn

Ashton Sanborn (13 March 1882 in Rochester, New Hampshire, USA – 22 June 1970 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA) was an American archaeologist and museum director. He was the executive secretary of the American Red Cross Commission to Palestine from 1918 to 1919. He went on archaeological expeditions to Egypt in the 1920s. He served as the secretary of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston from 1925 to 1952. He was the editor of the American Journal of Archaeology.

Early life Ashton Sanborn was born on March 13, 1882, in Rochester, New Hampshire. He was son of George Hobbs Sanborn and Lillian Knight Hodgdon. He served as Dr George Andrew Reisner's editorial secretary from 1920 to 1925. He served as the editor of the Boston Museum Bulletin from 1925 to 1952, and later editor of the American Journal of Archaeology.

Personal life Sanborn married Agnes Goldman, the granddaughter of rabbi Samuel Adler and Goldman Sachs's founder Marcus Goldman; they met in Palestine and married on December 25, 1924. They had a daughter, Sarah Sanborn. They resided at 147 Brattle Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts from 1940 to 1970.

Death Sanborn died on June 22, 1970, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.