Soekmono, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Soekmono

Indonesian archaeologist and historian.

Date of Birth: 14-Jul-1922

Date of Death: 09-Jun-1997

Profession: historian, archaeologist, anthropologist

Nationality: Indonesia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Soekmono (14 July 1922 – 9 July 1997) was an Indonesian archaeologist and historian. Throughout his career, he wrote about and researched Borobudur and the Javanese Candi.
His main publication about Javanese Candi was a doctoral thesis presented in 1974. He was the director of the National Archaeological Institute of the Republic Indonesia (Lembaga Purbakala dan Peninggalan Nasional Republic Indonesia).
He was also the Project Manager of the Borobudur Restoration Project in the 1970s - the Proyek Pemugaran Candi Borobudur - when Borobudur was pulled down and rebuilt as part of a UNESCO project to rebuild the monument.