'Enough to satisfy the most ardent enthusiast for Greek ceramography'As students arrived at the BSA they were faced with quantities of unpublished pots and fragments from excavations, chance finds and old collections. As George C. Richards expressed it in relation to his study of fragments fro… Read More
"How different the bare limbs of the stalwart British undergraduates!"One of the themes for research at Athens was ancient Greek drama. Ernest Gardner excavated the theatre at Megalopolis in the early 1890s. The combination of the continuing interest in Greek theatre and the appearance of new s… Read More
Classical Archaeology at CambridgeSome of the influences on Cambridge students at the BSA in the period up to the First World War included the following individuals.Disney Professor of ArchaeologyFounded in 1851 by Dr John Disney. The holder was required to d… Read MoreMature Students at the BSA: Hercules Henry WestHercules Henry West (1856-1937) was admitted to the BSA in 1896/97 during the directorship of Cecil Harcourt-Smith. He was the youngest son of the Very Rev. John West, Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. West was educated… Read MoreArnold Wycombe GommeA short biography of A.W. Gomme (1886-1959), Trinity College, Cambridge, is available from the University of Glasgow archives.Gomme's parents appear in ODNB:Sir (George) Laurence Gomme (1853-1916).Alice Bertha Gomme (née Merc… Read More
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