Col. Philip L. Guy, prominent archeologist and discoverer of King Solomon’s stables, died here yesterday at the age of 67. Col. Guy was the son-in-law of Eliezer Ben Yehuda, famed Hebrew lexicographer.
One of the few Englishmen to remain in Israel after the Palestine Mandate was surrendered by Britain, Col. Guy was director of the British School of Archeology from 1935-39. He also served as dean of the Palestine Board of Higher Studies and as a member of the Palestine Soil Conservation Board, both before the end of the Mandate. He served as director of the Archeological Survey of Israel from 1948 until his death.
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