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(Archaeologist) Dorothy Garrod was a pioneering English archaeologist renowned for her expertise in the Palaeolithic period. She made significant contributions to the field during her tenure as the Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge from 1939 to 1952. Garrod was the first woman to hold a chair at either Oxford or Cambridge universities, breaking gender barriers in academia. Her work and research have had a lasting impact on the study of archaeology and prehistoric cultures.
