Background
Hencken, Hugh O’Neill was born on January 8, 1902 in New York City. Son of Albert Charles and Mary Creighton (O’Neill) Hencken.
Hencken, Hugh O’Neill was born on January 8, 1902 in New York City. Son of Albert Charles and Mary Creighton (O’Neill) Hencken.
Graduate Hill School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, 1920. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1924. Bachelor of Arts, Cambridge University, 1926, Master of Arts, 1930, Doctor of Philosophy, 1929, Doctor of Science, 1972.
Honorary Doctor of Literature, National U. Ireland, 1937.
Carried out archaeological excavations in England, 1928, 30, 31. Director Harvard Archaeological Expedition in Ireland, 1932-1936.
Curator European Archaeology, Peabody Museum, Harvard, 1932-1972.
Director American School of Prehistoric Research, 1945-1972 (directed excavations in Morocco 1947, Algeria 1949), chairman, 1959-1972. Monro lecturer Edinburgh University, 1959.
Lecturer Lowell Institute, 1942. Special university lecturer London and Oxford universities, 1947.
Honorary fellow Saint John's College, Cambridge University, 1968.
Fellow Society Antiquaries London, Society Antiquaries Scotland (honorary), Royal Irish Academy, British Academy (correspondent), Prehistoric Southern England (honorary correspondent), Archaeological Institute American (honorary president), American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member Societe des Antiquaries de l’Quest, Instituto de Estudios Ibericos (correspondent.
Member)., Committee Honor International Congress Prehistoric Sciences, Royal Archaeological
Institute Great Britain, German Archaeological Institute, German Society for Prehistory, Jutland Archaeological
Society (correspondent), Instituto di Studi Italici ed Etruschi (correspondent), Istituto Intaliano di Preistoria, Phi Beta Kappa (honorary). Clubs: United Oxford and Cambridge (London, England).
Married Mary Thalassa Alford Cruso of Pirbright, Surrey, England, October 12, 1935. Children: Ala Mary, Sophia, Thalassa.