Paul Ashbee

Paul Ashbee
Born(1918-06-23)23 June 1918
Died19 August 2009(2009-08-19) (aged 91)
CitizenshipBritish
Alma materUniversity of London
Known forLeading authority on Neolithic and Bronze Age barrows
Scientific career
FieldsArchaeology

Paul Ashbee (23 June 1918 – 19 August 2009) was a leading British archaeologist, noted 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 also president of the Just William Society. He died of cancer on 19 August 2009, aged 91.[1]

  1. ^ "Paul Ashbee". The Telegraph. No. 9 October 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2014.