James Leslie Starkey [SEP] date of death
James Leslie Starkey
James Leslie Starkey (3 January 1895 – 10 January 1938) was a noted British archaeologist of the ancient Near East and Palestine in the period before the Second World War. He was the chief excavator of the first archaeological expedition to Lachish (Tell ed-Duweir) from 1932 to his death. 
Starkey was robbed and killed near Bayt Jibrin on a track leading from Bayt Jibrin to Hebron. Issa Battat, a rebel commander from the ad-Dhahiriya area who led a rebel unit during the 1936–1939
Starkey (surname)
Starkey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Dan Starkey, British actor
- David Starkey, English historian and television presenter
- David Starkey (maritime historian) at the University of Hull
- Dean Starkey, American pole vaulter
- George Starkey (alchemist), English-American
- James Leslie Starkey (1895-1938), Archaeologist
- Jim Starkey, database architect
- Joe Starkey, American sports announcer
- Maureen Starkey Tigrett (1946–1994