Kathleen Kenyon

Dame Kathleen Kenyon DBE FBA FSA
Born	Kathleen Mary Kenyon (1906-01-05)5 January 1906 London, England, United Kingdom
Died	24 August 1978(1978-08-24) (aged 72) Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom
Known for	Excavation of Tell es-Sultan (Jericho) Excavation of Jewry Wall Wheeler-Kenyon method
Academic background
Education	St Paul's Girls' School
Alma mater	Somerville College, Oxford
Academic work
Discipline	Archaeology
Sub-discipline	Neolithic Ancient Near East Archaeological theory
Institutions	Institute of Archaeology St Hugh's College, Oxford

Dame Kathleen Mary Kenyon, DBE, FBA, FSA (5 January 1906 – 24 August 1978) was a British archaeologist of Neolithic culture in the Fertile Crescent.^[1] She led excavations of Tell es-Sultan, the site of ancient Jericho, from 1952 to 1958, and has been called one of the most influential archaeologists of the 20th century.^[2] She was Principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford, from 1962 to 1973, having undertaken her own studies at Somerville College, Oxford.