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He was Disney Professor Of Archaeology at Cambridge from 1880 to 1887 , and was then appointed professor of classical archaeology at Oxford , where he had a stimulating influence on the study of ancient, and particularly Greek, art.

He also became prominent as an historical critic on Biblical subjects.

His brother, Ernest Arthur Gardner , was also a prominent archaeologist.


SELECTED WORKS

  • ''Types of Greek Coins'' (1883)

  • ''A Numismatic Commentary on Pausanias '' (with F Imhoof-Blumer, 1887)

  • ''New Chapters in Greek History'' (1892), an account of excavations in Greece and Asia Minor

  • ''Manual of Greek Antiquities'' (with FB Jevons, 2nd ed. 1898)

  • ''Grammar of Greek Art'' (1905)

  • ''Exploratio Evangelica'' (1899), on the origin of Christian belief

  • ''A Historic View of the New Testament'' (1901)

  • ''Growth of Christianity'' (1907).


''This entry was originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica .''