Peggy Drower | |
|---|---|
| Born | Margaret Stefana Drower 8 December 1911 Southampton, Hampshire, England |
| Died | 12 November 2012 (aged 100)[1] London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Spouse | Campbell Hackforth-Jones (m. 1947) |
| Parent(s) | Sir Edwin and Lady Edith Drower |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University College London |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Historian |
| Sub-discipline | Ancient Near East |
| Institutions | University College London |
| Notable works | Flinders Petrie: A Life in Archaeology |
Margaret Stefana Hackforth-Jones MBE (née Drower; 8 December 1911 – 12 November 2012), known as Peggy Dower, was an English historian of Ancient Near Eastern History and Egyptology.[2] She was awarded the MBE and elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.[3][4] She wrote the definitive biography of Flinders Petrie.[5]
- ^ England and Wales, Death Index, 1989-2021
- ^ "Peggy Drower". The Times. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ "Margaret Stefana Drower". University College London. 16 November 2012.
- ^ Drower, Margaret (2004). Letters from the desert: the correspondence of Flinders and Hilda Petrie. Warminster: Aris & Phillips. ISBN 0856687480.
- ^ Drower, Margaret S. (1995). Flinders Petrie a life in archaeology (2nd ed.). Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780299146238.