John M. Allegro

John Marco Allegro
John Marco Allegro
	John Allegro
Born	17 February 1923; Balham, South London, England
Died	17 February 1988 (aged 65); Sandbach, Cheshire, England
Education	Wallington County Grammar School; University of Manchester (Honours in Oriental Studies, 1951; MA, 1952); University of Oxford (research under Godfrey Driver);
Known for	The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross; The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian Myth; Discoveries in the Judaean Desert vol.5; Copper Scroll translation; pesharim publication;
Spouse	Married (2 children)
	Scientific career
Fields	Archaeology; Semitic Philology; Biblical studies;
Institutions	University of Manchester (Lecturer in Comparative Semitic Philology, 1954–1970)

John Marco Allegro (17 February 1923 – 17 February 1988) was an English archaeologist and Dead Sea Scrolls scholar. He was a populariser of the Dead Sea Scrolls through his books and radio broadcasts. He was the editor of some of the most famous and controversial scrolls published, the pesharim. A number of Allegro's later books, including The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross, brought him both popular fame and notoriety, and also complicated his career. Married with two children, he died of a heart attack on his 65th birthday in 1988.