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Ronald Montagu Burrows
British archaeologist
Ronald Montagu Burrows (born Aug. 16, 1867, Rugby, Warwickshire, Eng.—died May 14, 1920, London) was a British archaeologist whose excavations (1895–96) in western Greece, at Pílos (ancient Pylos, on the Coryphasium promontory) and the nearby island of Sfaktiría (Sphacteria), were important in verifying Thucydides’ historical accuracy. As professor of Greek at University College, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales (1898–1908), Burrows conducted further Greek excavations that helped to systematize the archaeology of the ancient district of Boeotia. His Discoveries in Crete (1907) was the first general account of Sir Arthur Evans’ discovery of Minoan civilization at Knossos, Crete. He taught at the University ...(100 of 155 words)