![]() ![]() While there, he was also an officer of the Combined Cadet Force. Academic career Ĭoldstream taught classics at Shrewsbury School, a public school in Shrewsbury, Shropshire from 1952 to 1956. He graduated with a double first Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1951. ![]() He then read classics at King's College, Cambridge, University of Cambridge. He saw active service in Egypt and Palestine. On 26 January 1946, he was commissioned into The Buffs as a second lieutenant. įollowing school, he undertook national service in the British Army. He was educated at the preparatory school St Cyprian's School, Eastbourne and the all-boys public school Eton College, Eton, Berkshire. Sir John Coldstream, his father, was serving in the British colony as a High Court Judge. His best known excavation sites are Kythera and Knossos.Ĭoldstream was born on 30 March 1927 in Lahore, British Raj. He lectured at Bedford College, rising to become Professor of Aegean Archaeology, and then lectured at University College London as Yates Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology. John Nicolas Coldstream, FBA, FSA, (30 March 1927 – 21 March 2008) was an archaeologist and academic specialising in the Ancient Greek pottery of the Geometric Period. ![]()
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