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Peter Megaw (Arthur Hubert Stanley Megaw) was born on 20 July, 1910 in Portobello, Dublin, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, is an Irish architectural historian and archaeologist. Discover Peter Megaw's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 95 years old?

Popular As Arthur Hubert Stanley Megaw
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Age 95 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 20 July, 1910
Birthday 20 July
Birthplace Portobello, Dublin, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Date of death 28 June, 2006
Died Place Hampstead, London, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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His wife is Elektra Elena Mangoletsi (m. 1937-1993)

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1905

She was an artist who was born in 1905.

1910

Arthur Hubert Stanley "Peter" Megaw, (20 July 1910 – 28 June 2006) was an architectural historian and archaeologist.

He specialised in Byzantine churches.

Megaw was born on 20 July 1910 at Portobello House nursing home in Portobello, Dublin, Ireland.

He was the second of four sons of Arthur Stanley Megaw, a solicitor, and his wife, Helen Isabel Bertha Megaw (née Smith).

1924

Between 1924 and 1928, he was educated at Campbell College, Belfast, a boys boarding school.

He went on to read architecture at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge.

1931

He graduated in 1931 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree which was later promoted to Master of Arts (MA (Cantab)) degree.

Two of his brothers, Basil Megaw and Eric Megaw, also had notable careers in their own fields.

Megaw never held an academic post at a university.

He spent 75 years 'working on the study and preservation of the monuments of the Christian East'.

He first joined the British School at Athens as Walston Student in 1931, to study Byzantine architecture.

1935

He served as Director of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus between 1935 and 1960 and as Director of the British School at Athens from 1962 to 1968.

He served as the first Director of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus between 1935 and 1960.

1937

In 1937, he married Elektra Elena Mangoletsi.

1949

In June 1949, he was appointed Serving Brother of the Venerable Order of Saint John (SBStJ).

1951

In the 1951 King's Birthday Honours, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).

1960

With the independence of Cyprus form British Rule in 1960, he spent two short, successive posts at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington DC, United States of America and at the Byzantine Institute of America in Istanbul, Turkey.

He spent the remaining years of the 1960s and the 1970s splitting his time between Cyprus and the United States.

Megaw's work can be seen in the photographic collection held at the Conway Library, Courtauld Institute of Art.

1962

He served as Director of the British School at Athens from 1962 to 1968.

Following his early retirement from the directorship, he joined the Harvard Centre for Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks as a visiting scholar.

1967

He was promoted to Commander of the Venerable Order of Saint John (CStJ) in September 1967.

1993

She died in 1993, therefore predeceasing him.

They did not have any children.

1995

In 1995, the Society of Antiquaries of London awarded him the Frend medal.

This is an award for studies related to the archaeology, history and topography of the early Christian Church.

2001

The book Mosaic: festschrift for A.H.S. Megaw was published in 2001 in his honour.

2006

Megaw died of cancer on 28 June 2006 at his London home in Hampstead.

He was cremated on 20 July 2006 at Golders Green Crematorium, Golders Green, London.

Megaw was known to his friends and colleagues as Peter.

In Cyprus he also acted as a Public Information Officer and an Intelligence Officer on behalf of the Colonial Government.