Margaret Hobling
Margaret Blanche Hobling (1897 – 1977) was a British archaeologist and Quaker theologian.
Biography
[edit]In 1917, she studied at Somerville College, Oxford under Hilda Lorimer.[1][2] She received her degree in 1920 when Oxford began awarding degrees to women.
In 1924, as a student at the British School at Athens, Hobling joined A. M. Woodward’s archaeological excavation at Sparta.[1][3] She supervised the excavation of the Sanctuary of Athena Chalkioikos, assisted by Winifred Lamb, and was responsible for publishing the findings.[4][5][6]
Later, Hobling lectured at the University of Birmingham and at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre.[7] In 1957, Hobling served as a Quaker delegate to the British Council of Churches on the subject of nuclear force.[8][9] The editor of Friends’ Quarterly, Hobling, produced several talks and publications on Quaker theology and ethics and delivered the Swarthmore Lecture in 1958.[10][11]
Publications
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 Gill, David W. J. (2018-09-30). Winifred Lamb: Aegean Prehistorian and Museum Curator. Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. pp. 117–22. ISBN 978-1-78491-880-4.
- ↑ Vera Brittain (1960). The Women At Oxford: A Fragment Of History. Universal Digital Library. The Macmillan Company. p. 144.
- ↑ Oxford, University of (1922). Oxford University Gazette. University of Oxford. p. 659.
- ↑ Hood, Rachel (1998). Faces of Archaeology in Greece: Caricatures by Piet de Jong. Leopard's Head Press. ISBN 978-0-904920-38-3.
- ↑ "British School at Athens : Return to Sparta: the 1924-1927 BSA Excavations at Sparta in the SPHS Collection". Retrieved 2026-04-14.
- ↑ Samal, Abhipsa (2026-01-06). "From Mycenaean Frescoes to Hellenistic Sculpture: Women's Research in the Early Years of the ABSA « Archaeology# « Cambridge Core Blog". Retrieved 2026-04-14.
- ↑ The Common Room. 1946. p. 22.
- ↑ Gorry, J. (2013-10-30). Cold War Christians and the Spectre of Nuclear Deterrence, 1945-1959. Springer. ISBN 978-1-137-33424-4.
- ↑ Christian Advocate. 1953. p. 154.
- ↑ Nesbitt, Eleanor (2023-11-24). Quaker Quicks: Open to New Light: Quakers and Other Faiths. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-80341-324-2.
- ↑ Friends' Journal. Friends Publishing Corporation. 1958. pp. 138, 412.
- ↑ Woodward, A. M.; Hobling, M. B. (1925). "Excavations at Sparta, 1924—25: § 4.—The Acropolis. The Site". Annual of the British School at Athens. 26: 240–252. doi:10.1017/S0068245400010650. ISSN 2045-2403.
- ↑ Hobling, Margaret B. (1925). "Excavations at Sparta, 1924—25: § 5.—Greek Relief-ware from Sparta". Annual of the British School at Athens. 26: 277–310. doi:10.1017/S0068245400010674. ISSN 2045-2403.
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