John Percival Droop

John Percival Droop (4 October 1882 – 26 September 1963, in Vence, France) was a British classical archaeologist of Dutch descent.

During the First World War, Droop worked for the Admiralty, and remained in post until 1921, when he was appointed the Charles W. Jones Professor of Classical Archaeology in the University of Liverpool, a position he held until 1948.

[2] He excavated widely: at Chester, Bainbridge and Lancaster in Britain, and at Niebla in Spain.

Droop gives his name to an Ancient Greek bowl form, dating from the 6th century BC, which he studied and categorised.

[3] He was the son of Henry Richmond Droop (1832–1884), the mathematician, and Clara Baily (c. 1841 – 7 September 1921).

Picture of a Greek cup
A ' Droop Cup ', named after Droop — characterised by its concave, black lips, clearly distinguished from the lower body; its high feet with an unglazed ridge at the top and bottom, the black slip on the edge of the base, the interior of the foot and in a thick circle on the interior of the bowl.