Richard J. C. Atkinson
- Alternative meaning: Richard Atkinson (educator)
Richard John Copland Atkinson
Biography
Atkinson was born in
Atkinson directed excavations at Stonehenge for the Ministry of Works between 1950 and 1964. During this period he helped to bring theories about the origins and construction of Stonehenge to a wider audience: for example, through the BBC television programme, Buried Treasure (1954), which, among other things, sought to demonstrate, using teams of schoolboys, how the stones might have been transported by water or over land. He also produced a theory on the creation of Stonehenge.
He also investigated sites at
Legacy
Unfortunately, because of an extremely heavy administrative burden arising from service on many committees throughout his career, including a period as Deputy Principal of University College, Cardiff, Atkinson's written reports of the excavations at Stonehenge were not complete before serious illness, mainly caused by overwork, forced total retirement.
References
Further reading
- Atkinson, R. J. C. (1959). Stonehenge and Avebury. H.M. Stationery Office. OCLC 655253701.
External links
- View Atkinson's photos of Stonehenge held by English Heritage Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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