Biddle, Martin

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BIDDLE, Martin

BIDDLE, Martin. British, b. 1937. Genres: Archaeology/Antiquities. Career: British archeologist, writer, and educator. Ministry of Public Buildings and Works, assistant inspector of ancient monuments, 1961-63; University of Exeter, lecturer in medieval archeology, 1963-67; All Souls College, Oxford, visiting fellow, 1967-68; University of Pennsylvania, University Museum, director, and professor of anthropology and of history of art, 1977-81; Christ Church, Oxford, Lecturer of the House, 1983-86; University of Oxford, professor of archeology, 1997-. Director of several excavations and investigations including Nonsuch Palace, 1959-60, Repton (with wife), 1974-88, 1993, and many others; consultant for Canterbury Cathedral, St. Alban's Abbey, and Cathedral Church. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments of England, 1984-95. Publications: (with J. Dent) Nonsuch, 1960: The Banqueting House, 1960; (with D.M. Hudson and C.M. Heighway) The Future of London's Past, 1973; (ed.) Winchester in the Early Middle Ages, 1977; (with I.H. Goodall, D.A. Hinton, et al) Object and Economy in Medieval Winchester, Vols 1-2, 1990; The Tomb of Christ, 1999; The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, 2000; King Arthur's Round Table: An Archaeological Investigation, 2001. Contributor of papers on archeological, historical, and art-historical subjects to learned journals. Address: Oxford University, Hert-ford College, Catte Street, Oxford OX1 3BW, England. Online address: [email protected]