Margaret Hobling

Margaret Blanche Hobling (1897 – 1977) was a British archaeologist and Quaker theologian.

Biography

In 1917, she studied at Somerville College, Oxford under Hilda Lorimer. She received her degree in 1920 when Oxford began awarding degrees to women.

In 1924, as a student at the British School at Athens, Hobling joined A. M. Woodward’s archaeological excavation at Sparta. She supervised the excavation of the Sanctuary of Athena Chalkioikos, assisted by Winifred Lamb, and was responsible for publishing the findings.

Later, Hobling lectured at the University of Birmingham and at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre. In 1957, Hobling served as a Quaker delegate to the British Council of Churches on the subject of nuclear force. The editor of Friends’ Quarterly, Hobling, produced several talks and publications on Quaker theology and ethics and delivered the Swarthmore Lecture in 1958.

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 Gill, David W. J. (2018-09-30). Winifred Lamb: Aegean Prehistorian and Museum Curator. Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. pp. 117–22. ISBN 978-1-78491-880-4.
  2. ↑ Vera Brittain (1960). The Women At Oxford: A Fragment Of History. Universal Digital Library. The Macmillan Company. p. 144.
  3. ↑ Oxford, University of (1922). Oxford University Gazette. University of Oxford. p. 659.
  4. ↑ Hood, Rachel (1998). Faces of Archaeology in Greece: Caricatures by Piet de Jong. Leopard's Head Press. ISBN 978-0-904920-38-3.
  5. ↑ "British School at Athens : Return to Sparta: the 1924-1927 BSA Excavations at Sparta in the SPHS Collection". Retrieved 2026-04-14.
  6. ↑ Samal, Abhipsa (2026-01-06). "From Mycenaean Frescoes to Hellenistic Sculpture: Women's Research in the Early Years of the ABSA « Archaeology# « Cambridge Core Blog". Retrieved 2026-04-14.
  7. ↑ The Common Room. 1946. p. 22.
  8. ↑ Gorry, J. (2013-10-30). Cold War Christians and the Spectre of Nuclear Deterrence, 1945-1959. Springer. ISBN 978-1-137-33424-4.
  9. ↑ Christian Advocate. 1953. p. 154.
  10. ↑ Nesbitt, Eleanor (2023-11-24). Quaker Quicks: Open to New Light: Quakers and Other Faiths. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-80341-324-2.
  11. ↑ Friends' Journal. Friends Publishing Corporation. 1958. pp. 138, 412.
  12. ↑ Woodward, A. M.; Hobling, M. B. (1925). "Excavations at Sparta, 1924—25: § 4.—The Acropolis. The Site". Annual of the British School at Athens. 26: 240–252. doi:10.1017/S0068245400010650. ISSN 2045-2403.
  13. ↑ Hobling, Margaret B. (1925). "Excavations at Sparta, 1924—25: § 5.—Greek Relief-ware from Sparta". Annual of the British School at Athens. 26: 277–310. doi:10.1017/S0068245400010674. ISSN 2045-2403.