Geraldine Talbot (1907 – 19 September 2000) was a British archaeologist and librarian for the Institute of Archaeology Library, University College London.
Geraldine Talbot | |
|---|---|
 Geraldine (Gerry) Talbot | |
| Born | 1907 |
| Died | 19 September 2000 Oxford, United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Archaeologist and Librarian |
| Employer | UCL Institute of Archaeology |
Biography
editGeraldine Talbot was born in 1907.[1] She read modern languages at Oxford.[2] During the Second World War, she joined First Aid Nursing Yeomanry and was a military ambulance driver stationed in Woolwich.[2] She was commissioned at the rank of captain in the Auxiliary Territorial Service.[3]
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.[2][3] The work of Talbot, du Plat Taylor and Heather Bell who succeeded Talbot as librarian, resulted in the Institute's library being "one of the foremost libraries for Archaeology in Britain."[4] She retired as librarian in 1976.[3]
Her interest in archaeology was in the Near East, and she worked on excavations at Jericho (1952 and 1957),[5] Jerusalem, Petra and Busairah (1973, 1974 and 1980).[2][6] 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).[2]
Talbot died on 19 September 2000, aged 92.[2]
References
edit- ^ Pye, Elizabeth (2015-11-16). "From the Archives: Women of the Early Institute". Archaeology International. 18 (1). doi:10.5334/ai.1817.
- ^ a b c d e f Western, A. C. (2001). "Geraldine Talbot (1907–2000): an Appreciation". Levant. 33 (1): iv. doi:10.1179/lev.2001.33.1.iv. ISSN 0075-8914.
- ^ a b c Oates, David (2001). "Miss Geraldine Talbot M.A. (1908–2000)". Iraq. 63: vii. doi:10.1017/S002108890000379X. ISSN 0021-0889.
- ^ Meheux, Katie (2015). "The Institute of Archaeology Library 1937–1986: Collections, Communities and Networks" (PDF). Archaeology International. 18: 67–83. doi:10.5334/ai.1811.
- ^ "Excavations at Jericho". CBRL. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
- ^ Bienkowski, Piotr; Balla, Márta; Bartlett, John R.; Berlin, Andrea M.; Gunneweg, Jan; MacDonald, Burton; McNamara, Kenneth J.; Millard, Alan; Oakeshott, Marion F. (2002), "Acknowledgements and Personnel", Busayra excavations by Crystal-M. Bennett, 1971-1980, Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL), pp. 33–34, ISBN 978-0-19-727012-7, retrieved 2024-10-21