Talk:Leonard Woolley

His photo
I tried in vain to license the photo of Sir Charless Leonard Woolley for possible use in this article from National Protrait Gallery, of which details are as follows:

NPG x85092 Sir (Charles) Leonard Woolley by Bassano vintage print, 1938 Purchased, 1996-01
 * 1) Photo details

However, I've received the following reply from the National Portrait Gallery, and the e-mail reply was timestamped as Fri, 7 Dec 2007 10:45:45 -000
 * 1) Negative Reply
 * 1) Content of e-mail reply from NPG

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Thank you for your enquiry. Unfortunately, we cannot licence any images for use on Wikipedia at present. This is due to the terms they require images to be licensed under, which do not meet with our own terms and conditions. We have been in correspondence with Wikipedia, attempting to find a solution that will enable us to licence images for use on the site, but for the time being, we are unable to help with your request.

Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this might cause.

Regards,

Matthew unquote

what a pity Chmyr (talk) 19:09, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Merger
Yes, please merge "Charles Woolley" with "Leonard Woolley". For what it's worth, I've never heard of Woolley referred to as "Charles Woolley."--Iacobus 02:48, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes, please merge "Charles Woolley" with "Leonard Woolley". For what it's worth, I've never heard of Woolley referred to as "Charles Woolley."--Boshinator 02:48, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Definitely. Sir Leonard Woolley has better awareness.76.103.78.42 (talk) 18:57, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

For shame
This entry is a shame for Wikipedia and those editors who edits articles about Ur, Carchemish, or Alalakh. Please expand. -- Ghirla -трёп-  23:31, 16 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Your contribution to the article, save for the whiny bit above, is notably absent. Put up or shut up. Chris 18:01, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Wartime Intelligence Activities
We do not need a tabloid quality annecdote in WikipediaChmyr (talk) 18:21, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

This article is in need of expansion regarding Wooley's NON-archaeological career. He worked closely with T. E. Lawrence & Aaron Aaronsohn in Palestine & Syria in the run-up to the War, and acted as an agent after hostilities commenced for British Military Intelligence. He was captured by the Turks in (I think) 1915 and imprisoned at Kastamouni. I suspect his knighthood in 1935 may have been as much for his wartime services as for his archaeological discoveries.

Beyond that limited information (taken from a book I'm presently editing about Aaronsohn), I would have to do considerable research, for which I don't have the time right now. I'll put Wooley on my to-do list -- but I invite anyone else with the relevant knowledge to fill in the gaps here. --Michael K. Smith 15:09, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

The information about Woolley being captured at this date is correct. HappyWanderer (talk) 12:48, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Hopefully,further convincing references regarding the alleged 'covert service' will be highly appreciated.76.103.78.42 (talk) 19:02, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Encyclopaedic language
Did Woolley ‘run’ excavations or did he supervise them? Was he ‘on’ a ship, or was he aboard it, even perhaps travelling as a passenger? Was this article written by someone struggling for an ‘O’ level? 203.59.215.236 (talk) 09:18, 25 April 2022 (UTC)


 * This article was written collaboratively by 117 editors over the last two decades. You are welcome to improve the prose and become number 118. –&#8239;Joe (talk) 09:31, 25 April 2022 (UTC)