Theophilus Amin Halil Mogabgab

Theophilus Amin Halil Mogabgab M.B.E. OStJ (2 May 1886 or 1888 – 1965) was a Cypriot government official, at the Government Land Office.[1] On 15 January 1935, he was transferred to the Department of Antiquities,[1] where he became an Antiquities Officer, under the director A. H. S. Megaw. His area of responsibility was Famagusta and Salamis.[2] Additionally, he was appointed the curator of Famagusta Museum.[3] He conducted excavations at the Land Gate in Famagusta.[4] In 1958, he was made an officer of the Order of Saint John.[5] One of his important contributions to Cypriot historiography was the publication of Supplementa Excerpta Cypria, a continuation of the Excerpta Cypria by Claude Delaval Cobham.

Publications
  • Mogabgab, T.A.H., 1936. Reports on investigations at Famagusta. Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus.
  • Mogabgab, T.A.H., 1939. An Unidentified Church in Famagusta. Report of the Department of Antiquities, 86-96.
  • Mogabgab, T.A.H., ed. 1941. Supplementa Excerpta Cypria. Supplementary Excerpts on Cyprus or Further Materials for a History of Cyprus, Volume 1. Nicosia: The Pusey Press.
  • Mogabgab, T.A.H., ed. 1943. Supplementa Excerpta Cypria. Supplementary Excerpts on Cyprus or Further Materials for a History of Cyprus, Volume 2. Nicosia: The Pusey Press.
  • Mogabgab, T.A.H., ed. 1945. Supplementa Excerpta Cypria. Supplementary Excerpts on Cyprus or Further Materials for a History of Cyprus, Volume 3. Nicosia: The Pusey Press.
  • Mogabgab, T.A.H., 1951. Excavations and Researches in Famagusta, 1937–1939. Report of the Department of Antiquities Cyprus, 181-190.
  • Megaw, A.H. and Mogabgab, T.A.H., 1951. Repairs to ancient monuments. Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus.

See also

References
  1. The Cyprus Civil List, 1935. p. 31.
  2. Buckler, W. H. (1946). "A Tour in Cyprus, 1934". The Journal of Hellenic Studies. 66: 61–65. doi:10.2307/626540. ISSN 0075-4269.
  3. The Cyprus Blue Book 1938. Nicosia: British Colonial Government. 1939. p. 193.
  4. Megaw, A. H. S. (1954). "Archaeology in Cyprus, 1953". The Journal of Hellenic Studies. 74: 172–176. doi:10.2307/627563. ISSN 0075-4269.
  5. "The Grand Priory in the British Realm of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem" (PDF). The London Gazete. 10 January 1958.


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