Rupert Bruce-Mitford, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rupert Bruce-Mitford

British archaeologist

Date of Birth: 14-Jun-1914

Place of Birth: Streatham, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 10-Mar-1994

Profession: archaeologist, anthropologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Rupert Leo Scott Bruce-Mitford, FBA, FSA (surname sometimes Mitford) (14 June 1914 – 10 March 1994) was a British archaeologist and scholar, best known for his multi-volume publication on the Sutton Hoo ship burial.
He was also a noted academic as the Slade Professor of Fine Art at Cambridge University from 1978 to 1979, in addition to appointments at All Souls College, Oxford and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Bruce-Mitford worked for the British Museum in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities from 1938, and, following the bequest of the Sutton Hoo Treasure to the nation, was charged with leading the project to study and publish the finds.
This he did through four decades at the museum.
He also became President of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Apart from military service in World War II he worked at the British Museum continuously until 1977, including two keeperships, and finally as a research keeper.
Bruce-Mitford also held the titles secretary, and later vice-president, of the Society of Antiquaries, and president of the Society for Medieval Archaeology.
He was also responsible for translating Danish archaeologist P.
V.
Glob's book The Bog People (1965) into English.