David M. Wilson#
| Membership Number: | 1302 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1992 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1992 Honorary Professor UCL
- 1977 - 1992 Director, The British Museum
- 1971 Professor of Medieval Archaeology, Univ. London (UCL)
- 1964 Reader in Medieval Archaeology, Univ. London (UCL)
- 1955 Assistant Keeper, British Museum
- 1954 Assistant in Research, Univ. Cambridge
- 1953 BA Univ. Cambridge (later MA and LittD)
Fields of Scholarship
- Early medieval archaeology in Europe
- Anglo-Saxon archaeology
- Viking archaeology
- Historiography of medieval archaeology in Scandinavia
- Historicism in northern European art
- Museum history
Honours and Awards
- Fellow of British Academy, Hon. Fellow (inter alia); Royal Norwegian Academy of Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, Royal Irish Academy. Hon Member: German Archaeological Institute
- Knight Bachelor (UK); Knight, 1st class, Northern Star (Sweden)
- Gold Medal of Society of Antiquaries of London
- Honorary doctorates, Univs. of: Pennsylvania, Oslo, Stockholm, Aarhus, Nottingham, Birmingham, Liverpool and Leicester
- Honorary Fellow: UCL; St John’s College, Cambridge, and Foundation Fellow: Univ of Birmingham.
