Paul Ashbee, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Paul Ashbee

British archaeologist

Date of Birth: 23-Jun-1918

Place of Birth: Bearsted, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 19-Aug-2009

Profession: archaeologist, anthropologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Paul Ashbee (23 June 1918 – 19 August 2009) was a leading British archaeologist, noted for his many excavations of barrows, or burial mounds, and for co-directing the Sutton Hoo digs (with Rupert Bruce-Mitford) from 1964 to 1972; he was perhaps less well known as president of the Just William Society, established in 1995 to celebrate the literary oeuvre of Richmal Crompton, his wife's aunt.
He died of cancer on 19 August 2009, aged 91.