Ballot: 30 October 2008

The Society is pleased to welcome the following new Fellows, who were all elected in the ballot held on 30 October 2008.

• MARSHAL WEISLER, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.  Head of Archaeology, University of Queensland (a Pacific archaeologist with more than 25 years of experience; has published articles, books and monographs).
• HERBERT REGINALD BRODERICK III, M.A., Ph.D.  Associate Professor, City University of New York (art historian specialising in Anglo-Saxon Old Testament manuscript illustration and iconography).
• ROBERT EDWARD COATES-STEPHENS, B.A., Ph.D.  Archaeologist (has made a substantial contribution to the study of the antiquities and archaeology of the city of Rome in the late Roman and medieval periods).
• IAN ASHLEY LILLEY, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.  Professor of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (has worked in Australasian and Indo-Pacific archaeology and cultural heritage management for thirty years).
• TERRY O’CONNOR, B.Sc., Ph.D.  Professor of Archaeological Science, University of York (a leading zooarchaeologist with a distinguished career; the author of numerous books and papers in the discipline).
• SONIA O’CONNOR, Dip.Arch.Con.  Conservator (author of over twenty major papers and books, her work has included a major contribution to the identification of osseous materials from archaeological deposits).
• KATIE STEVENSON, B.A., Ph.D.  University Lecturer (an expert in areas of heraldry and aristocratic and courtly culture in the fifteenth century; has published several books and a number of articles).
• MICHAEL WOOD, M.A.  Historian and film maker, open scholar in Modern History at Oriel College, Oxford (well-known writer and historian whose illuminating books and films have helped to popularise history).
• LYNN HULSE, Ph.D.  Archivist, Royal School of Needlework and Editor of Text, the Journal of the Textile Society (has published many papers and editor of several volumes; co-curator of several exhibitions).
• NICHOLAS ANTHONY CAMBRIDGE, M.D.  Medical practitioner (has made a major contribution to the history of medicine; author of ‘Electrical Apparatus Used In Medicine Before 1900’ and other works).
• RICHARD FRANCIS OLDING, B.A., M.A.  Heritage officer (former Chairman of the Glamorgan Gwent Archaeological Trust; has written widely on the archaeology and history of South East Wales).
• PHILIP FRANCIS MICHAEL GOFF, B.D.  Clerk in Holy Orders (a distinguished authority on historic and contemporary academic dress; founder of the Burgon Society, consultant to the Archbishop of Canterbury and author of several publications).
• ARTHUR JOHN SCHOFIELD, B.A., Ph.D.  Archaeologist (has worked in the forefront of heritage management and contemporary archaeology for many years; his research interests range from prehistory to contemporary archaeology, has published widely, most recently on military archaeology).
• BARBARA ANN HANAWALT, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.  King George III Professor of British History at Ohio State University (one of the leading medieval economic historians in the Anglophone world and has published extensively).
• PETER MARIUS VETH, B.A., Ph.D.  Professor, National Centre for Indigenous Studies, ANU (one of the most active archaeologists working in Australian Indigenous archaeology; has published more than 130 academic papers and authored several volumes).  
• NIGEL NAYLING, B.A., M.A.  Lecturer in Archaeology, University of Wales (a dendrochronologist and nautical, wetland archaeologist; has published several monographs on the archaeology of the Severn Estuary).
• RICHARD JOHN OLNEY, M.A., D.Phil.  Retired archivist and editor (has an extensive knowledge of British antiquaries’ papers as well as the great collections of private family and estate archives; author of many articles on historical, archival and antiquarian studies).  
• IAN PETER BROOKS, Ph.D, B.A.  Director and Project Manager, Engineering Archaeological Services Ltd (consultant archaeologist with noted expertise in lithics and geophysical survey; author of numerous survey studies and contributor to excavation reports and national and international journals).
• CHARLES ALEXANDER JENCKS, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.  Landscape architect (has written several books on the art and architecture of the last century that have become standard works; Visiting Professor at UCLA and the Architectural Association, has taught courses ranging from Egyptian to Baroque architecture).
• MERLIN WATERSON, M.A.  Curator and historian (expert in the conservation and presentation of historic buildings, sites and landscapes; historian of country house and author of several books on the subject).
• HENRY PHILIP CHAPMAN, B.A., Ph.D.  Surveyor and landscape archaeologist (involved in many wetland projects based at Hull University; author and co-author of many papers on wetland archaeology, palaeoecology, GPS, GIS and archaeological modelling).
• CHRISTOPHER HOWARD PAGE, B.A., D.Phil.  Reader in Medieval Music and Literature, University of Cambridge (best known to the public as the founder of the early music ensemble ‘Gothic Voices’; has written extensively about performance practice and published widely on the subject).
• HARRY MARCUS JECOCK, B.A.  Archaeological Investigator (has studied in depth field monuments and landscapes of all periods and has a particular expertise in the recording and analysis of industrial monuments).
• STEPHEN JAMES SHERLOCK, B.A., M.A.  Freelance archaeologist (professional involvement in the archaeology and heritage of Yorkshire extending over 25 years; has published widely).
• CATHERINE MARGARET OAKES, M.A., Ph.D.  Director of Studies for Art History, (a leading art historian of the medieval period; has published extensively on medieval iconography and Romanesque architecture and sculpture).

John Hopkins FSA 1918–2008: a celebration of his life and work

This bust in bronze of John Hopkins (1918–2008), our late Fellow and former Librarian, was carved by or Fellow David Neal and unveiled by our President Geoff Wainwright at a celebration of John’s life and work held at Burlington House on 10 October 2008. All those who spoke at the meeting said how much John cared for his books but also how much he cared for the readers. He would introduce library users to each other if he thought they might have shared interests – he was thus the instigator of several lifelong friendships. John’s son, Tim Hopkins, said that John loved the Society and found in the Fellowship ‘values that he held dear: intelligence, integrity, friendship and wit’.

'Making History'

300 Years of Antiquaries in Britain

Rare objects from the collections of the Society of Antiquaries will tour the UK for the first time in the special exhibition, 'Making History: 300 years of antiquaries in Britain', which opened on 4 October 2008 at the Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum. For details of venues and dates, see our 'Making History' website, where you can see pictures of the exhibits, explore our interactive timeline of Making History Milestones, and unwrap the 15th-century Roll Chronicle that is one of the major features of the exhibition.

Left: George Cruikshank, The Antiquarian Society, 1812, coloured engraving (copyright Society of Antiquaries of London)

Guest curated by celebrated historian David Starkey, CBE, FSA, and based on the widely acclaimed exhibition shown at the Royal Academy of Arts in 2007, the exhibition explores the development of our sense of the past, from antiquarianism to the rise of professional archaeology. As David Starkey says: ‘This exhibition shows how history is made and why it matters’.

The exhibition celebrates the tercentenary of the Society of Antiquaries of London. It has been adapted, with financial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, from the exhibition Making History: Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 shown at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, in the autumn of 2007 to widespread media acclaim: Michael Prodger in the Sunday Telegraph called it ‘a delightful and rather brave show’, while Michael Glover in the Independent told his readers to ‘Visit. Marvel.’

Dates and venues

4 October 2008 to 3 January 2009: the Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, Salisbury

17 January 2009 to 21 June 2009: the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent

11 July 2009 to 4 October 2009: Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

16 October 2009 to 3 January 2010: The Collection, in Lincoln

Left: King Brutus from the Roll Chronicle, mid-fifteenth century, illumination on vellum (copyright Society of Antiquaries of London)

More about 'Making History'

Right: Attributed to Thomas Underwood, Drawing of the Ribchester helmet, 1798, watercolour on paper (copyright Society of Antiquaries of London)

The touring exhibition Making History: 300 Years of Antiquaries in Britain explores the making of the national heritage over three hundred years since the establishment of the first body concerned with the study of the past and its preservation. The foundation in a London tavern in 1707 of the Society of Antiquaries marked a defining moment in the public consciousness of the importance of antiquity in a rapidly industrializing Britain. Making History examines the contribution of the Society and antiquaries around the country to the formation of our current appreciation of the past. Through objects, monuments and the biographies of leading antiquaries, it reveals how new discoveries, technologies and interpretations have transformed that understanding, from our time when it was based largely on myth and Christian belief, and how they continue to change our perceptions today.

Originally formed at a time before the foundation of the national museums and galleries in the mid nineteenth century, the antiquities, historic books, drawings, manuscripts and paintings of the Society of Antiquaries of London form a timeline for the creation of British history. By linking the collections of the Society of Antiquaries with those of the host museum, the exhibition illustrates milestones in the discovery, recording, preservation, interpretation and communication of our past around England, from the South West to the Midlands and the North.