Dr Warwick Rodwell is an author, archaeologist, architectural historian and academic. In 1980, he published the standard textbook on church archaeology. He is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London

Society of Antiquaries of London

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 and of the Royal Historical Society

Royal Historical Society

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Career

Warwick Rodwell was born in Essex in 1946. He initially trained as a technology teacher, and has been described as an academic "late developer". He attended Southend High School for Boys before studying archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology

Institute of Archaeology

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 (now part of University College, London) and has degrees from London, Birmingham and Oxford. He excavated a number of sites in Essex and Eastern England during the 1970s. In 1975 he was appointed regional director of archaeology for Avon, Somerset and Gloucestershire. He was elected as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1977. From 1981 he has practised as a consultant archaeologist, specialising in buildings such as churches, cathedrals, country houses and castles. He has studied a number of major ecclesiastical buildings, including Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey

The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, popularly known as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English,...

, Wells Cathedral

Wells Cathedral

Wells Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, who lives at the adjacent Bishop's Palace....

, Bristol Cathedral

Bristol Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity is the Church of England cathedral in the city of Bristol, England, and is commonly known as Bristol Cathedral...

, Lichfield Cathedral

Lichfield Cathedral

Lichfield Cathedral is situated in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. It is the only medieval English cathedral with three spires. The Diocese of Lichfield covers all of Staffordshire, much of Shropshire and part of the Black Country and West Midlands...

, Glastonbury Abbey

Glastonbury Abbey

Glastonbury Abbey was a monastery in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. The ruins are now a grade I listed building, and a Scheduled Ancient Monument and are open as a visitor attraction....

 and Dorchester Abbey

Dorchester Abbey

Dorchester Abbey is a Church of England parish church in Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire, about southeast of Oxford. It was formerly a Norman abbey church and was built on the site of a Saxon cathedral.-History:...

. He was awarded an OBE in 2009 for services to ecclesiastical archaeology. He is a visiting Professor in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Reading

University of Reading

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Publications

He has published extensively including:

• The English Heritage Book of Church Archaeology
• Archaeology of the English Church