Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler was a British archaeologist and officer in the British Army. Over the course of his career, he served as director of both the National Museum of Wales and London Museum, director-general of the Archaeological Survey of India, and the founder and honorary director of the Institute of Archaeology in London, in addition to writing twenty-four books on archaeological subjects.
- Occupation
- archaeologist, prehistorian, art historian
- Position held
- director
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- September 10, 1890
- Died
