George Speake | |
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Nationality | English |
Education | Slade School of Fine Art |
Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Known for | Leading authority on Anglo-Saxon animal art |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Art history and archaeology |
Institutions | Institute of Archaeology at Oxford |
Thesis | The beginnings and developments of Salin's style II in England (1974) |
Doctoral advisor | Sonia Chadwick Hawkes[1] |
Other academic advisors |
George Speake, FSA is an English art historian and archaeologist.[2][3] He is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute of Archaeology at Oxford,[2][3] and "a leading authority on Anglo-Saxon animal art."[2] Currently Speake is the Anglo-Saxon Art and Iconography Specialist for the Staffordshire Hoard conservation team,[4] and is working on the reconstruction of the Staffordshire helmet.[5][6]