Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Critic / journalist

W. D. Caröe

1857–1938 · United Kingdom

Architect. Lived at Cyprus.

Life and work

  1. 22 September 1933
    Co-signed the original letter to The Times (22 September 1933, led by W. H. Buckler) on the neglected Byzantine and Lusignan monuments of Cyprus; known to the Colonial Office for his trenchant views, and wrote to the previous Governor blaming ignorant Colonial Office officials for not prioritising antiquities.

    LondonStanley-Price 2025

  2. 1933
    His views influenced Montague Rendall, who wrote in support of the Times letter after a month's stay on the island; Caröe's wife was Rendall's first cousin.

    Stanley-Price 2025

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Sources

  1. 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.