| Code | DS/UK/2294 |
| Dates | 1902-1981 |
| Person Name | O'Neill Hencken; Hugh (1902-1981); Prof. Dr. phil. |
| Surname | O'Neill Hencken |
| Forenames | Hugh |
| Title | Prof. Dr. phil. |
| Activity | American archaeologist and director of the Harvard Mission in Ireland |
| Relationships | son of Albert Charles and Mary Creighton O'Neill Hencken |
| History | studied for an A.B. at Princeton University(1920-1924); received B. A. from Cambridge University (1926), then an M.A. (1929), then PhD (1930); appointed Associate in European Archaeology at Harvard University (1930); made Assistant Curator of European Archaeology at the Peabody Museum (1931); was Curator (1933-1960), also teaching at London, Oxford, and Edinburgh; was Lecturer in Anthropology at Harvard University (1943-1944, 1948, 1956); served as the Director of Prehistoric Studies at the American School of Prehistoric Research (1955-1960). |
| Source | Joseph B. Treaster, 'Hugh Hencken' [obituary], The New York Times, Sept. 4, 1981
'Hugh O'Neill Hencken', The Fr. O'Flanagan History Centre (website), https://carrowkeel.com/creevykeel/hencken.html [DoA 08/08/2025] |
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