Alan Wace (13 July 1879 – 9 November 1957) was an English archaeologist who served as director of the British School at Athens between 1914 and 1923. He excavated widely in Thessaly, Laconia and Egypt, and at the Bronze Age site of Mycenae in Greece. Along with Carl Blegen, Wace argued against the established scholarly view that Minoan Crete had dominated mainland Greek culture during the Bronze Age. His excavations at Mycenae in the early 1920s established a chronology for the site's domed tombs that largely proved his theory correct. Wace served as the Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Cambridge between 1934 and 1944, and ended his career at Alexandria's Farouk I University. During both world wars, he worked for the British intelligence services, including as a section head for MI6 during the Second World War. His daughter, Lisa French, also became an archaeologist and excavated at Mycenae.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1831:
Wallachian officials adopted the Regulamentul Organic, which engendered a period of reforms that provided for the westernization of the local society. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulamentul_Organic
1943:
World War II: Operation Fustian, an Allied operation to capture the Primosole Bridge in Sicily, was launched. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Fustian
1962:
In an unprecedented reshuffle, British prime minister Harold Macmillan dismissed seven members of his cabinet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives_%281962%29
1992:
Croatian War of Independence: The Croatian Army concluded Operation Tiger, advancing 17 kilometres (11 miles) into the Dubrovnik hinterland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Tiger_%281992%29
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enby: 1. (neologism, informal) Pronunciation spelling of NB: a non-binary person; a person whose gender identity is not strictly female or male; one who is outside of the gender binary. 2. (neologism, informal) Pronunciation spelling of NB: non-binary; having or pertaining to a gender identity that is not strictly female or male, that is, outside of the gender binary. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enby
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