Professor Thurstan Shaw FBA

Archaeology
Year elected
1940
Year of birth
1914
Year of death
2013
Honours
CBE, FBA
Sections
Archaeology

Current post

Formerly Professor of Archaeology, University of Ibadan

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Dr Ian Stead FBA

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Professor Bryony Coles FBA

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