Gordon Childe

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkb:University_of_Sydney
gptkbp:birthDate 1892-04-14
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Sydney,_Australia
gptkbp:causeOfDeath suicide
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:Australia
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:deathDate 1957-10-19
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Mount_Victoria,_New_South_Wales,_Australia
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkb:University_of_Sydney
gptkbp:field archaeology
prehistory
European prehistory
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Vere_Gordon_Childe
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gordon Childe
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Colin_Renfrew
gptkb:David_Clarke
gptkb:Graeme_Barker
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Karl_Marx
Marxism
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Neolithic_Revolution
gptkb:Urban_Revolution
prolific archaeological writing
theory of cultural evolution
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:legacy major influence on 20th-century archaeology
pioneered social archaeology
popularized the concept of prehistory
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Fellow_of_the_British_Academy
gptkb:Society_of_Antiquaries_of_London
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Australian
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Stuart_Piggott
gptkb:J._G._D._Clark
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Man_Makes_Himself
gptkb:The_Aryans
gptkb:The_Dawn_of_European_Civilization
What Happened in History
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:archaeologist
gptkb:historian
gptkbp:position Director of the Institute of Archaeology, London
Abercromby Professor of Archaeology, University of Edinburgh
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Mount_Victoria,_New_South_Wales,_Australia
gptkbp:spouse never married
gptkbp:subjectOf biographies
academic studies
gptkbp:theory gptkb:Neolithic_Revolution
gptkb:Urban_Revolution
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Skara_Brae
gptkb:Colin_Renfrew
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6