Ernest Arthur Gardner (16 March 1862 – 27 November 1939) was an English archaeologist.
[1] At the outbreak of World War I,[1] Gardner was commissioned into the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve as a lieutenant commander.
[4] While based there, he organised the removal of the area's archaeological remains to the protection of the White Tower of Thessaloniki.
[4] Gardner resigned from his positions as Public Orator of London University in 1929[1] and as editor of The Journal of Hellenic Studies in 1932.
[2] Gardner died on 27 November 1939 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom.
[4] His daughter Phyllis Gardner was a writer and artist, whose relationship with poet Rupert Brooke has come to light with two 2015 publications.