Paul Ashbee
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Paul Ashbee, was a leading British archaeologist, celebrated for his many excavations of barrows, or burial mounds, and for co-directing the Sutton Hoo
digs (with Rupert Bruce-Mitford
) from 1964 to 1972; he was perhaps less well known as president of the Just William
Society, established in 1995 to celebrate the literary oeuvre of Richmal Crompton
. He died on 19 August 2009 aged 91.
Sutton Hoo
Sutton Hoo, near to Woodbridge, in the English county of Suffolk, is the site of two 6th and early 7th century cemeteries. One contained an undisturbed ship burial including a wealth of Anglo-Saxon artefacts of outstanding art-historical and archaeological significance, now held in the British...
digs (with Rupert Bruce-Mitford
Rupert Bruce-Mitford
Rupert Leo Scott Bruce-Mitford was a British archaeologist best known for his multi-volume publication on the Sutton Hoo ship burial....
) from 1964 to 1972; he was perhaps less well known as president of the Just William
Just William
Just William is the first book of children's short stories about the young school boy William Brown, written by Richmal Crompton, and published in 1922. The book was the first in the series of William Brown books which was the basis for numerous television series, films and radio adaptations...
Society, established in 1995 to celebrate the literary oeuvre of Richmal Crompton
Richmal Crompton
Richmal Crompton Lamburn was a British writer, most famous for her Just William humorous short stories and books.-Life:...
. He died on 19 August 2009 aged 91.