| LC control no. | n 50020025 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hammond, N. G. L. (Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière), 1907-2001 |
| Variant(s) | Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière, 1907-2001 |
| See also | Employer: Clare College (University of Cambridge) Employer: University of Cambridge Employer: Clifton College (Bristol, England) Employer: University of Bristol |
| Associated place | Cambridge (England) Bristol (England) |
| Birth date | 1907-11-15 |
| Death date | 2001-03-21 |
| Field of activity | Greek language Greek literature |
| Affiliation | Clare College (University of Cambridge) Clifton College (Bristol, England) University of Bristol |
| Profession or occupation | College teachers Soldiers School principals |
| Found in | His A history of Greece to 322 B.C., 1959. CA online, July 6, 2007 (N(icholas) G(eoffrey) L(empriere) Hammond, b. Nov. 15, 1907; d. Mar. 21, 2001) Wikipedia, 26 February 2015 (N.G.L. Hammond; Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond; born 15 November 1907; died 24 March 2001; British scholar of ancient Greece and an operative for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) in occupied Greece during World War II; studied classics at Fettes College and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; during World War II, because of his knowledge of the terrain and the languages, he participated in sabotage missions in Greece, Crete, and Albania; in 1944 he was in command of the Allied military mission to the Greek resistance in Thessaly and Macedonia; after the war he became senior tutor at Clare College, Cambridge; in 1954 became headmaster of Clifton College, Bristol; in 1962 became professor of Greek at Bristol University where he stayed until his retirement in 1973) |
| Associated language | eng |
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