Colonial official
A. J. Dawe
1898–1950 · United Kingdom
Civil servant.
Life and work
- 1926Visited Cyprus; guided at Salamis by Mogabgab.
SalamisStanley-Price 2025
- 1930Visited Cyprus again as a member of an official delegation from London; began to collect rare books about Cyprus.
CyprusStanley-Price 2025
- 1930–1937Kept Sir Harry Luke informed about the Cyprus antiquities discussions (1937 mentioned).
- 1934–1936On the Hilton dismissal, said he did not entirely share the Governor's views and that Hilton had been put at a disadvantage as a young official who 'did not know the ropes'; Hill forwarded him a letter describing 'a disgraceful intrigue'.
Connections
3 peopleFieldwork & employment
- Guided Theophilus Mogabgab1926
- Guided by Theophilus Mogabgab1926
Scholarship
- Corresponded with George Hill
Colleagues & contacts
- Connected with John Hilton
Sources
- 1.Nicholas Stanley-Price (2025). “Colonial society and the dismissal of John Hilton, first Director of Antiquities in Cyprus”. Empire & Excavation: Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus, 1878-1960, 109-126.