Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Scholar

Martin Robertson

fl. 1948–1981 · United Kingdom

British scholar, active 1948–1981. Wrote with A. W. Johnston and J. Nicolas Coldstream.

Life and work

  1. 1948–1957
    Taught the Cypriot Vassos Karageorghis at University College London, whom he 'much admired'; later supervised Karageorghis's doctoral dissertation.

    LondonCatling 2009Rystedt 2010

  2. 1981
    Named as one of six authors of Excavations at Kition IV: The Non-Cypriote Pottery (Nicosia 1981), with Karageorghis, Coldstream, Bikai, Johnston and Jehasse.

    NicosiaChilds et al. 2012, p. 167

Connections

5 people
Vassos KarageorghisJ. Nicolas ColdstreamLaurence JehasseA. W. JohnstonPatricia Maynor BikaiMartin Robertson
Scholarship

Scholarship

On Ancient Cyprus

1 page

Sources

  1. 1.H. W. Catling (2009). “Review of V. Karageorghis, A Lifetime in the Archaeology of Cyprus (2007)”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 39.
  2. 2.Eva Rystedt (2010). “Review of V. Karageorghis, A Lifetime in the Archaeology of Cyprus (2007)”.
  3. 3.W. A. P. Childs (ed.), J. S. Smith (ed.), J. M. Padgett (ed.) (2012). City of Gold: The Archaeology of Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus. Princeton, Princeton University Art Museum.
  4. 4.V. Karageorghis, J. N. Coldstream, P. M. Bikai, A. W. Johnston et al. (1981). Excavations at Kition IV. The Non-Cypriote Pottery. Nicosia.
  5. 5.Martin Robertson (1940). “The Excavations at Al Mina, Sueidia IV. The Early Greek Vases”. Journal of Hellenic Studies 60, 2-21.