Background
BOSANQUET, Robert Carr was born in 1871. Son of late C. B. P. Bosanquet of Rock Hall, Alnwick.
BOSANQUET, Robert Carr was born in 1871. Son of late C. B. P. Bosanquet of Rock Hall, Alnwick.
Eton; Trinity College, Cambridge (Scholar). Craven Travelling Student, 1895-1897. Excavated at Athens and in Melos.
Excavated camp of Housesteads (Borcovicium) on Roman Wall, 1898. Master of Arts.
Assistant Director British School at Athens, 1899. Director, 1900-1906; Director of Cretan Exploration Fund. Excavated in Crete (Praisos, Palaikastro, Temple of Dictaean Zeus), 1901- 1904.
And in Laconia (Sparta, Temple of Artemis Ortliia), 1905-1906. Foreign member, German and Austrian Archaeological Institutes. Knight Commander Order of the Redeemer.
Delegate of British Government at Olympic Games, 1906. Member of Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire. Honourable Secretary Liverpool Committee for Research in Wales.
Professor of Classical Archaeology in the University of Liverpool since 1906.
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Club : Royal Societies.
In Cambridge Athletic Team (hammer), 1891 and 1894.
Spouse 1902, Ellen, y.daughter of Thomas Hodgkin.