Background
Gurney was born in London in 1911, the son of Robert Gurney, a zoologist, and a nephew of the archaeologist John Garstang.
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Oliver Robert GURNEY
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He was educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford, where he studied classics, graduating in 1933.
Career
During the Second World War he joined the Royal Artillery, and served with the Sudan Defence Force. On his return to Oxford in 1945, Gurney accepted the post of Reader in Assyriology, a post he held until his retirement in 1978. From 1956 to 1996 he edited the Institute"s journal, Anatolian Studies.
He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1959 and a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1963.
In 1965, the University conferred on him the title of Professor. Gurney wrote the classic text on The Hittites, published by Penguin in 1952 and in print for many years.
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Married Diane Hope Grazebrook (nee Esencourt) in 1957.
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United Kingdom