Charles McBurney

Charles Brian Montagu McBurney (18 June 1914 – 14 December 1979) was a British-American archaeologist who spent most of his working life in England.

Early life and education McBurney was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, the son of Dorothy Lillian (Rundall) and Henry McBurney, and the grandson of Charles McBurney, the American surgeon (known to subsequent generations of surgeons for defining McBurney's point). His mother was English, the daughter and granddaughter of British Army officers; his father was an American engineer. He spent his childhood in the USA until he was eleven, then his parents took him to London, and then to Switzerland, and France. Young McBurney was home schooled. extensive excavations in Libya (at the Haua Fteah cave) and, in later years, excavations in Iran and Afghanistan. He also published on French prehistory, archaeological work in the Soviet Union, and on cave art. His continuing influence is felt in the work of his many pupils who include King Charles III and Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.

Personal life In 1950, he became a British citizen.

He was the father of the composer and writer Gerard McBurney and the actor and director Simon McBurney.