Ernest Arthur Gardner

Ernest Arthur Gardner (16 March 1862 - 27 November 1939) was an English archaeologist. He was the director of the British School at Athens between 1887 and 1895. Gardner was born in Clapton, London, England on 16 March 1862 to Thomas Gardner and Ann Pearse. He was educated at the City of London School, a boys' independent day school located in the City of London. He entered Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 1880. He read for a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Classics and graduated with a double first in 1884.