John Clegg (archaeologist)
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John Clegg | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 January 1935 |
| Died | 11 March 2015 (aged 80) |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University |
| Known for | Aboriginal rock art in the Sydney region |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | Mathesis Words, Mathesis Pictures (1978) |
John Clegg (11 January 1935 – 11 March 2015[1]) was an Australian archaeologist who specialised in the study of rock art in which he was one of the pioneers in Australia.
Clegg was born on 11 January 1935 in Nottingham, England and grew up in Cambridge, where his mother was an academic. John and his sister were evacuated during World War Two to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and in this period he began a lifelong interest in sculpture. Returning to England at the end of the war, he attended The Leys School in Cambridge, and then Magdalene College, Cambridge University, where he graduated in 1959 as a Bachelor of Arts with Honours and a Certificate in Education. In 1962, he was awarded an M.A. Honours at Cambridge where he initially read geography, but after two years changed to Archaeology.[2]
