Osbert Guy Stanhope Crawford
Date of Birth  :
1886-28-10
Place of Birth  :
Mumbai,Maharashtra
Country  :
India
Field of Expertise  :
Anthropology
Educational background  :
Geography from Keble College, Oxford University.
Acheivements / Contributions  :

  • During his period he did a great deal to develop cartographic recording of archaeology.

  • He was instrumental in the discovery of Woodhenge, situated near Stonehenge, which had been the subject of a study by Gilbert Stuart Martin Insall.

  • During 1925, Insall had photographed the area and found a barrow with white spots in a circular formation.Crawford identified it to be a henge.

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Bibliography  :
Man and His Past , Air survey and archaeology, ([Gt. Brit.] Ordnance survey. Professional papers. New Series),Ethiopian itineraries circa 1400-1524 (Hakluyt Society. Publications, second series no.109).