John Coles (historian)
John Morton Coles,
Life and career
Coles was born in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada on 25 March 1930.[1] He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1952 before working in commerce for 3 years. He began studying archaeology at the University of Cambridge in 1955 before moving to the University of Edinburgh to complete his PhD in 1957.[2]
He began teaching at the University of Cambridge in 1960 and was Director of Studies to
Coles married archaeologist Bryony Coles in 1985. He left the University of Cambridge in 1986 and they moved to Devon. The couple did extensive research into the Somerset Levels which resulted in the establishment of a new branch of archaeology focusing on wetlands and in 1998, they received the Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) Award.[5]
Coles died at home on 14 October 2020.[2][6]
Honours and awards
Coles held a
References
- ^ https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/3690/20-Memoirs-06-Coles.pdf
- ^ a b c "John Coles obituary". The Guardian. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ "Prince of Wales settles in at Cambridge university – archive, 9 Oct 1967". The Guardian. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ Coles, John M. (1959). "The late bronze age in Scotland".
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(help) - ^ "British Archaeological Awards". 3 June 2008. Archived from the original on 3 June 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ https://rcin.org.pl/Content/235422/155-177%20-%202839-Article%20Text-10704-2-10-20211220.pdf
- ^ a b "Coles, John Morton", Who's Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ "Professor John Coles FBA", The British Academy. Retrieved 7 September 2019.