Tessa Wheeler

Tessa Wheeler
FSA
Born
Tessa Verney

(1893-03-27)27 March 1893
Johannesburg, South Africa
Died15 April 1936 (1936-04-16) (aged 43)
London, England, UK
OccupationArchaeologist
Spouse
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(m. 1914)​
Academic background
Alma materUniversity College London
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeology

Tessa Wheeler FSA (née Verney; 27 March 1893 – 15 April 1936) was an archaeologist who made a significant contribution to excavation techniques and contributed to the setting up of major British archaeological institutions after the Second World War.[1]

Owing to the gender politics of the era, she remains best known as the wife and professional partner of Mortimer Wheeler.[2] They collaborated on major excavations in Wales and England (including Segontium, Caerleon, and Verulamium) and their investigation of Maiden Castle, Dorset had been ongoing for two years when she died unexpectedly from complications following a minor operation.[3]

  1. ^ Carr, Lydia C. (26 April 2012). Tessa Verney Wheeler. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199640225.001.0001. ISBN 9780199640225.
  2. ^ Carr, Lydia. "Tessa Verney Wheeler: researcher, excavator, teacher, communicator - and wife".
  3. ^ "UCL Archives Record, Tessa Wheeler papers". Retrieved 23 November 2022.