Background
Karageorghis, Vassos was born on April 29, 1929 in Trikomo, Cyprus. Son of George Karageorghis and Panayiota Georghiou.
Karageorghis, Vassos was born on April 29, 1929 in Trikomo, Cyprus. Son of George Karageorghis and Panayiota Georghiou.
Student, Nicosia University College. Student, Institute Archaeology, London University. Doctor (honorary), University Lyon.
Doctor (honorary), University Göteborg. Doctor (honorary), University Athens. Doctor (honorary), Birmingham University, England.
Doctor (honorary), Toulouse University, France. Doctor (honorary), Brock University of Canberra. Doctor (honorary), Oxford University, England.
Doctor (honorary), University Brussels.
Assistant; Director, Department, of Antiquities, Cyprus 1963-1964, Director 1964-1989, Director d’Etudes, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne, Paris 1983-1984. Mellon Visiting Professor, Institute for Advanced Study Princeton, 1989-1990. Adviser to President, of Cyprus 1990.
Adjunct Professor, of Classical Archaeology, State University of New York, Albany. Formerly GeddesHarrower Professor, of Classical Art and Archaeology, University of Aberdeen. Fellow, University College, London, Society of Antiquaries, London, Royal Society of Humanistic Studies, Lund.
Correspondent Fellow, British Academy. Visiting Research Fellow, Merton College, Oxford 1979. Senior Research Fellow, Merton College, Oxford 1980, Honorary Fellow 1990.
Visiting Fellow. All Souls College, Oxford 1982, Merton College, Oxford 1988.
Fellow Society Antiquaries London (honorary), British Academy (correspondent). Member Society Cypriot Studies, Archaeol. Society Athens, Academy Athens (foreign), Royal Swedish Academy (foreign), Archaeol.
Institute American, Academy des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres (foreign), Academy dei Lincei (foreign), Institute Berlin (ordentliches member), Austrian Academy of Sciences (correspondent), Royal Academy Spain, International Council on Monuments and Sites (honorary).
Married Jacqueline Girard, March 21, 1953. Children: Clio, André.