About Margaret Munn-Rankin
Lived 1913 – 1981 (aged 67). Margaret Munn-Rankin was a British archaeologist.
Joan Margaret Munn-Rankin (29 July 1913 – 28 July 1981), known as Margaret Munn-Rankin and published as J. M. Munn-Rankin, was a British archaeologist, historian, and academic, who specialised in the ancient Near East.
Career From 1949 until her death in 1981, she was a Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge, and a lecturer in the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Cambridge. She bequeathed a sum of money to the university to establish the Margaret Munn-Rankin Studentship for Assyriology.
In addition to her extensive teaching, she was also a field archaeologist and was involved in a number of excavations including Nimrud and Tell Rifaat.
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Who was Margaret Munn-Rankin?
British archaeologist and assyriologist
When was Margaret Munn-Rankin born?
Margaret Munn-Rankin was born on 29 July 1913.
When did Margaret Munn-Rankin die?
Margaret Munn-Rankin died on 28 July 1981.
What was Margaret Munn-Rankin's occupation?
Margaret Munn-Rankin was an archaeologist.
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Margaret Munn-Rankin was British.
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