Major George W. G. Allen, was a British engineer who pioneered aerial photography for the purpose of archaeological research.
Major George W. G. Allen (1935) aerial photograph of Maiden Castle, one of the largest hillforts in Europe.
Osbert Guy Stanhope Crawford was a British archaeologist who specialised in the archaeology of prehistoric Britain and Sudan. A keen proponent of aerial archaeology, he spent most of his career as the archaeological officer of the Ordnance Survey (OS) and also wrote a range of books on archaeological subjects.
O. G. S. Crawford
Crawford developed a love of archaeology through visiting sites like Stonehenge
Keble College, Oxford
The Avenue at Stonehenge looking NEE towards Old and New King Barrows