Adventurer in Archaeology: The Biography of Sir Mortimer Wheeler

Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler (1890-1976) was a British archaeologist who supervised excavations in England, France (Brittany and Normandy) India, Pakistan, and Wales. He majored in classics at University College in London, and had participated in an archaeological excavation, and joined a government survey of historic buildings, when the First World War began and he joined the British army.