Clarence van Riet Lowe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Clarence van Riet Lowe

South African civil engineer and archaeologist

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1894

Place of Birth: Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Date of Death: 07-Jun-1956

Profession: archaeologist, civil engineer

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Clarence van Riet Lowe (4 November 1894 – 7 June 1956) was a South African civil engineer and archaeologist.
He was appointed by Jan Smuts as the first director of the Bureau of Archaeology and was among the first group to investigate the archaeological site of Mapungube.