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. 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. 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.[1][2][3]
Margaret Munn-Rankin | |
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Born | Joan Margaret Munn-Rankin 29 July 1913 |
Died | 28 July 1981 | (aged 67)
Nationality | British |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Archaeology and history |
Sub-discipline | Ancient Near East Assyriology |
Institutions | Newnham College, Cambridge University of Cambridge |