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Geraldine Talbot

1908 – 2000

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About Geraldine Talbot

Lived 1908 – 2000. Geraldine Talbot was an American archaeologist and librarian.

Geraldine Talbot (1907 – 19 September 2000) was a British archaeologist and librarian for the Institute of Archaeology Library, University College London.

Biography Geraldine Talbot was born in 1907. She read modern languages at Oxford. During the Second World War, she joined First Aid Nursing Yeomanry and was a military ambulance driver stationed in Woolwich.

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. She retired as librarian in 1976. Jerusalem, Petra and Busairah (1973, 1974 and 1980). 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).

Talbot died on 19 September 2000, aged 92.

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Born
1908, Boston
Birth century
Died
2000
Nationality
Education
University of Oxford
Employers
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, UCL Institute of Archaeology, British Institute for the Study of Iraq
Also known as
Gerry Talbot, Geraldine Cecil Barbara Chetwynd-Talbot

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· Wikipedia: Geraldine Talbot

· Wikidata: Q75102635

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