Helen Thomas Waterhouse, Lady Waterhouse was a British archaeologist and classical scholar specialising in prehistoric Laconia.
12 Facts About Helen Waterhouse
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Helen Waterhouse's father was Frederick William Thomas an Oxford Professor of Sanskrit and Oriental Languages.
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Helen Waterhouse was initially educated at home with a tutor, but later attended Roedean School, a public boarding school for girls.
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Helen Waterhouse graduated with a first class honours degree in classics with the additional distinction of a starred first in archaeology.
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Helen Waterhouse married the English art historian Ellis Waterhouse in 1949.
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Helen Waterhouse's focus of study was the prehistory of mainland Greece under the direction of Alan Wace.
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Helen Waterhouse later took part in the excavations of the Island of Ithaca at Stavros, directed by Sylvia Benton.
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Helen Waterhouse returned to Greece in 1946 after the war ended.
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Helen Waterhouse was appointed Librarian of the British School at Athens.
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Helen Waterhouse returned to England in 1948 and was Assistant Lecturer in Classics at the University of Manchester between 1948 and 1949.
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Helen Waterhouse later moved to Birmingham, where she was made an Honorary Lecturer and Research Fellow of Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Birmingham.
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Helen Waterhouse contributed several articles in the Annual of British School of Athens and conducted surveys of the treasures of the Myceneans, Ithaca and Minoa.