ROBERT J. BRAIDWOOD, PROFESSOR IN THE ORIENTAL INSTITUTE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AND HIS WIFE LINDA.Robert John Braidwood (29 July 1907–15 January 2003) was an American archaeologist and anthropologist, one of the founders of scientific archaeology, and a leader in the field of Near Eastern Prehistory.Braidwood was born July 29, 1907 in Detroit, Michigan, the first child of Walter John Braidwood (c1876) and Rhea Nimo(1881), and was educated at the University of Michigan, from where he graduated with an M.A. in architecture in 1933. Within a year he had joined the University of Chicago Oriental Institute's expedition to the Amuq Plain with the archaeologist James Henry Breasted. He worked with the expedition until 1938, during which time he married fellow Michigan graduate Linda Schreiber, who became his partner in the field and in his research.(WIKIPEDIA)
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