David Oates (archaeologist)

Professor David Oates FSA FBA
Born	Edward Ernest David Michael Oates (1927-02-25)25 February 1927 Stoke Climsland, Cornwall, England
Died	22 March 2004(2004-03-22) (aged 77) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Spouse	Joan Oates ​ (m. 1956⁠–⁠2004)​
Children	Three
Awards	Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (1954) Fellow of the British Academy (1974)
Academic work
Discipline	Archaeology
Sub-discipline	Ancient Near East
Institutions	Trinity College, Cambridge University of Cambridge British School of Archaeology in Iraq Institute of Archaeology, University of London McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research

Edward Ernest David Michael Oates, FSA, FBA (25 February 1927 – 22 March 2004), known as David Oates, was a British archaeologist and academic specializing in the Ancient Near East. He was director of the excavations at Nimrud from 1958 to 1962, Tell al-Rimah from 1964 to 1971 and at Tell Brak from 1976 to 2004. He was Professor of Western Asiatic Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology from 1969 to 1982 and Fellow of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research from 1997 to 2004.