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Person
Authorized form of name
Clarence van Riet Lowe
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Description area
Dates of existence
4 November 1894 – 7 June 1956
History
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, using the Wikipedia article on Clarence van Riet Lowe: Clarence van Riet Lowe was was a South African civil engineer and archaeologist. In 1935 he was the first director of the Bureau of Archaeology. He served for the South African army in both WWI and WWII. In 1938 he received his Doctorate of Science in Archaeology from the University of Cape Town. In 1954 he retired from the Bureau of Archaeology (which was then called the "Archaeological Survey"). He died in Knysna in 1956.]
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