John Wymer Times.online obituary

[Daryl Habel]

John Wymer
March 5, 1928 - February 10, 2006

Expert on Lower Paleolithic archaeology who helped to define the early presence of people in Britain
 
JOHN WYMER was one of Britain’s foremost archaeologists. In the course of a lifetime devoted to seeking out the earliest traces of human beings, he made many significant discoveries in Britain and abroad.....(more) 
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[lagarvelho]

Dar:

Oh dear!  That is really sad, because Wymer was one of the "giants" in his field.  He will be missed.  BTW, Andrew Sherratt also died today(he was an archaeologist  whose main work was on the spread of farming, I think).
Anne G

[Daryl Habel]

Dar:

Oh dear!  That is really sad, because Wymer was one of the "giants" in his field.  He will be missed.  BTW, Andrew Sherratt also died today(he was an archaeologist  whose main work was on the spread of farming, I think).
Anne G

Yes, I agree with your high opinion of John Wymer and his contributions.  I was aware of  the death of Andrew Sherratt, but I'm much less familiar with his work.  In any case, Kris Hirst reported this a few days ago, and I've stolen the link to Sherratt's obit from the About.archaeology.com site. CLICK HERE

Dar