Editing Ernest Arthur Gardner (section)

===Early academic career===
Gardner became a [[fellow]] of Gonville and Caius College in 1885.<ref name="EB1911">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Gardner, Percy|display=Gardner, Percy s.v. Ernest Arthur Gardner|volume=11|page=462}}</ref> In 1885 and 1886, as part of the [[Egypt Exploration Society]], he was involved in the excavations at [[Naucratis]], Egypt. He became a student of the [[British School at Athens]] under [[Francis Penrose]] in 1886.<ref name=DoAH /> From 1887 to 1895 he was director of the school.<ref name=Venn /> During his first term as director, he led excavations at [[Kouklia|Old Paphos]] and [[Salamis, Cyprus|Salamis]] in Cyprus.<ref name=DoAH /> When his directorship was extended in 1891,<ref name="Ox DNB" /> he led an excavation in [[Megalopolis, Greece|Megalopolis]], Greece.<ref name=DoAH />

After resigning from the British School at Athens in 1895,<ref name=DoAH /> he took up the position of [[Yates Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology]] at the [[University of London]] in 1896, and held that position until 1929.<ref>https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/about-us/newsletter/issue-31/</ref> He became editor of [[The Journal of Hellenic Studies]] in 1897.<ref name=DoAH /> He was [[Dean (education)|dean]] of the [[Faculty of Arts]] of the University of London from 1905 to 1909 and again from 1913 to 1915.<ref name="Ox DNB" /> He was elected as the first Public Orator of London University in 1910.<ref name=Venn />