Alexander Ormiston Curle, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Alexander Ormiston Curle

Scottish archaeologist and museum leader

Date of Birth: 03-May-1866

Date of Death: 07-Jan-1955

Profession: archaeologist

Nationality: Scotland, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Alexander Ormiston Curle FSAS CVO LL.D.
(1866–1955) was a Scottish lawyer and archaeologist who rose to be Director of the National Museum of Scotland from 1913 to 1919 and Director of the Royal Scottish Museum on Chambers Street in Edinburgh 1916 to 1931.
He was also Secretary and later a Commissioner of the Royal Commission on the Ancient Monuments of Scotland.
He was brother to the archaeologist James Curle.