John B. Mc Diarmid

John B. Mc Diarmid

John Brodie McDiarmid (June 6, 1913 – April 15, 2002) was a Canadian academic who played an important role in Canadian Naval Intelligence during World War II. He was chairman of the Classics Department at the University of Washington, was the university’s first Professor of Humanities, and was co-founder of the Seattle Chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America.

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