Gerald Lankester Harding
Gerald Lankester Harding CBE (8 December 1901 – 11 February 1979) was a British
archaeologist who was the director of the
Department of Antiquities of
Jordan from 1936 to 1956. His tenure spanned the period in which the
Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered and brought to public awareness. Without his efforts many of the scrolls might have disappeared into private collections never to be seen again.
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