He was educated at
Radley College and at
Exeter College, Oxford, and he was Reader in Physical Anthropology at the
University of Oxford between 1928 and 1939. He conducted field work in Sudan, India, Malta, the United States, China and
Mesopotamia, and in 1913 he excavated
Lapithos in
Cyprus under the direction of professor
John Myres and
Cyprus Museum curator
Menelaos Markides. During his extensive travels he documented his work through photography; the pictures are currently in the
Pitt Rivers Museum. In the 1930s he carried research in Oxford with anthropologist
Beatrice Blackwood. He collected
textiles that are currently in the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, the
Bankfield Museum in Halifax and the
British Museum. From 1914 to 1918 he served with the
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders in France and in the
Intelligence Corps. He died on 5 March 1939. == Publications ==