Stewart Ainsworth
Stewart Ainsworth MCIfA | |
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Born | Stewart Ainsworth 26 June 1951 Morley, West Yorkshire,[1] England |
Occupation | Archaeological investigator |
Known for | Time Team |
Stewart Ainsworth
After reading, in his youth, a book about Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, and visiting the Tower of London, he formed an interest in the history of landscapes.[2]
He trained as a surveyor before entering the archaeology section of the Ordnance Survey. He has worked on a number of archaeological sites in Britain and abroad. He joined the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (now part of English Heritage) in 1985, and was its Landscape Investigation Team based in York, England.
He was affectionately called Time Team's
As of 2010, Ainsworth has been affiliated with the history and archaeology department at the University of Chester, where he is a visiting professor.[4]
He is president of the Friends of Epiacum, also known as Whitley Castle, the Roman fort on the southern edge of Northumberland which he has surveyed and studied in depth.
References
- ^ "A Career in lumps and bumps". Career in Ruins podcast. 13 February 2022.
- ^ "Time Team - Stewart Ainsworth". www.timeteamdigital.com. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ "The Return of Time Team?". HeritageDaily - Archaeology News. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ "Prof Stewart Ainsworth". University of Chester. Retrieved 6 May 2022.