Sinclair Hood
Sinclair Hood | |
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Hood in his office as Director of the BSA, 1954–1962 | |
| Born | Martin Sinclair Frankland Hood 31 January 1917 |
| Died | 18 January 2021 (aged 103) |
| Education | Harrow School British School at Athens British Institute at Ankara |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford University of London |
| Spouse |
Rachel Simmons
(m. 1957; died 2016) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Grace Mary Crowfoot (aunt) |
Martin Sinclair Frankland Hood, FBA (31 January 1917 – 18 January 2021), generally known as Sinclair Hood, was a British archaeologist and academic. He was Director of the British School at Athens from 1954 to 1962, and led the excavations at Knossos from 1957 to 1961. He turned 100 in January 2017 and died in January 2021, two weeks short of his 104th birthday.
As its review in the American Journal of Archaeology forecast, his The Arts in Prehistoric Greece became a "standard authoritative handbook for years to come" on Aegean art.