Rule, Margaret (1928–)

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Rule, Margaret (1928–)

English archaeologist. Name variations: Margaret Helen Rule. Born Margaret Helen Martin, Sept 27, 1928; m. Arthur Walter Rule, 1949.

Organized and directed the raising of Henry VIII's flagship, the Mary Rose (1982); published The Mary Rose: The Excavation and Raising of Henry VIII's Flagship (1982) and Life at Sea: Tudors and Stuarts (1994), among others; elected honorary fellow of Portsmouth Polytechnic (1982); served as chair of Council for Nautical Archaeology. Made Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1983).