Obituary: Barbara Harrisson, PhD (1922-2015): an appreciation by friends.
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THE SARAWAK MUSEUM JOURNAL |
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Title :
Obituary: Barbara Harrisson, PhD (1922-2015): an appreciation by friends. |
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Author :
Earl of Cranbrook |
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Abstract:
Dr. Barbara Harrisson, who died aged 93 on 26th December 2015 of complications following a heart attack, at her home in Jelsum, The Netherlands, had a life of dramatic incident and multiple achievements, at least equalling those of her two divorced husbands. Professor Emeritus Dr Eberhard Briinig and the late Tom Harrisson OBE, former Curator ofthe Sarawak Museum, Malaysia. She is mourned by many friends and colleagues, especially by kindly neighbours in Friesland, The Netherlands, her last home, and a cohort of the new generation of archaeologists of South-East Asia who benefited from her detailed field records and publications, followed by her later encouragement in the reassembly of results of the great excavations at Niah caves, Sarawak, where she worked voluntarily during 1957-1965 with her second husband and the Sarawak Museum archaeological team.
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| DOI: https://doi.org/10.61507/smj22-2015-AU88-10 |
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How to cite:
Earl of Cranbrook. (2015). Obituary: Barbara Harrisson, PhD (1922-2015): an appreciation by friends. The Sarawak Museum Journal, LXXV (96) : 271-284 |
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