Background
Caskey, John Langdon was born on December 7, 1908 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Lacey Davis and Elsie Langdon (Stern) Caskey.
Caskey, John Langdon was born on December 7, 1908 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Lacey Davis and Elsie Langdon (Stern) Caskey.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1931. Doctor of Philosophy, University Cincinnati, 1939.
Member of staff excavations at Troy, U. Cincinnati, 1932-1938;
university instructor classics, U. Cincinnati, 1939-1942;
assistant professor, U. Cincinnati, 1946-1948;
professor classical archaeology, U. Cincinnati, 1959-1979;
emeritus, U. Cincinnati, 1979-1981;
head department classics, U. Cincinnati, 1959-1972. Fellow Graduate School, from 1961. Field director university excavations in Keos, from 1960.
Assistant director American School Classical Studies, Athens, 1948-1949, director, 1949-1959, visiting professor, 1975-1976, vice chairman managing committee, 1966-1975. Fielddir. excavations at Heraion of Argos, 1949, Lerna, 1952-1958, Eutresis, 1958.
Lieutenant colonel Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Fellow Archeological Society Athens (honorary). Member Archeological Institute American (Gold medal for distinguished archeological achievement 1980), American Philological Association, Vergilian Society, American Philosophical Society, Association Field Archaeology, Classical Association Canada, Society Promotion Hellenic Studies, German Archeological Institute, Society Cycladic Studies (honorary)(Greece), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married second, Miriam Ervin, 1967.