Basil John Wait Brown (22. januar 1888 – 12. marts 1977) var en engelsk selvlært arkæolog og astronom, der i 1939 opdagede og udgravede den angelsaksiske skibsbegravelse Sutton Hoo i 1939, der er blevet betegnet som "en af de vigtigste arkæologiske opdagelser nogensinde".
Basil Brown | |
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Født | Basil John Wait Brown ![]() 22. januar 1888 ![]() Bucklesham, Storbritannien ![]() |
Død | 12. marts 1977 (89 år) ![]() Rickinghall, Storbritannien ![]() |
Uddannelse og virke | |
Medlem af | British Astronomical Association (fra 1918) ![]() |
Beskæftigelse | Astronom, arkæolog, antropolog ![]() |
Arbejdsgiver | Ipswich Museum ![]() |
Information med symbolet ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Selvom han bliver beskrevet som en amatørarkæolog, så varede Browns karriere med at være betalt af museer til udgravninger i over 30 år.
Bibliografi
- Brown, B. (1924). "Star Atlases and Charts". The English Mechanic and World of Science 119, Issue 3071: 4–5, 1 February.
- Brown, B. (1924). "The Star Catalogues". The English Mechanic and World of Science 120, issue 3105: 140, 26 September.
- Brown, B. (1932, 1968). Astronomical Atlases, Maps and Charts. Search Publishing Company, London, 1932. Reprinted by Dawson's of Pall Mall, 1968. ISBN .
- Brown, B. (1932). "Stephen Groombridge FRS (1755–1832)". Journal of the British Astronomical Association 42, no. 6: 212. Read by Frederick Addey to the BAA meeting of 30 March.
- Maynard, G., Brown, B., Spencer, H. E. P., Grimes, W. F., and Moore, I. E. (1935). "Reports on a Roman pottery making site at Foxledge Common, Wattisfield, Suffolk". Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology 22, Part 2: 178–197. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- Maynard, Guy; Brown, Basil (1936). "The Roman settlement at Stanton Chair (Chare) near Ixworth, Suffolk (PDF)". Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology 22, Part 3: 339–341. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- Brown, B. J. W., G. M. Knocker, N. Smedley, and S. E. West (1954). "Excavations at Grimstone End, Pakenham". Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology 26, Part 3: 189–207. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
Derudover er Brown nævnt 44 gange i rapporter udgivt i Journal of the British Astronomical Association.
Referencer
- Bruce-Mitford, Rupert (1977). "Obituary: Basil Brown" (PDF). Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Ipswich. 34 (1): 71.
- "Edith Pretty's gift of Saxon gold in the British Museum". Express.co.uk. 30. marts 2014. Hentet 13. juni 2017.
- Barton, Bill. "Basil John Wait Brown (1888-1977)". oasi.org.uk. Orwell Astronomical Society (Ipswich). Hentet 15. juni 2017.
- Plunkett, Steven J. (2014) [2005]. "Brown, Basil John Wait (1888–1977)". (online udgave). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/58933. (Abonnement eller britisk offentligt biblioteksmedlemskab kræves.)
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