Megaw, John Vincent Stanley
Born: 17 April 1934, Stanmore, Middlesex, England
Died:
Family: Father,; Mother,
Married: 28 January 1961, Helensburgh, Scotland, Madeline Ruth Miller (Historian) (1 son, at least)
Education:
September 1943 July 1953 University College School, Hampstead, London
July 1950 Cambridge School Certificate
1952 and 1953 Cambridge General Certificate of Education (Latin, Greek, English)
1953 1958 University of Edinburgh (Prehistoric Archaeology)
1956 London County Council Scholar
1958 MA Second Class Honours (thesis: Animal Motifs in La Tne Metal Work: an outline study in Art and Archaeology)
1958 Two University Research Travel Grants(for study in London and on the Island of Lipari, Italy); Netherlands State Scholarship (studied Dutch pre-history in the Universities of Amsterdam and Groningen)
Career:
1954 to 1959 Field work in Britain and Denmark
1958 to 1960(?) Archaeological Assistant, Thames and Hudson Ltd, London; Temporary Research Assistant to Professor Nikolaus Pevsner, Penguin Book series The Buildings of England; Extra Mural Lecturer, University of London
22 August 1961 to 1 August 1972 Senior Lecturer, Department of Archaeology, University of Sydney
1 August 1972 to 1979 Professor, Department of Archaeology, University of Leicester
1979 Professor of Visual Arts and Archaeology, Flinders University
Publications:
Assistant editor, The Dawn of Civilization, Thames and Hudson, London 1961
See website http://wwwehlt.flinders.edu.au/archaeology/research/megawpubs.htm for a list of publication