Gerald Lankester Harding (1901--1979) was the director of the Jordanian Department of Antiquities in the period in which the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered and brought to public awareness.
Gerald Lankester Harding (1901--11 February 1979) was the Director of the Jordanian Department of Antiquities for twenty years. His tenure spanned the period in which the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered and brought to public awareness.