Roger Bland
Roger Bland | |
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.jpg) Dr Roger Bland in 2010 | |
| Born | 3 April 1955 |
| Nationality | British |
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| Alma mater | King's College, London |
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| Discipline | Numismatics |
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Roger Farrant Bland, OBE, FSA (born 3 April 1955) is a British curator and numismatist. At the British Museum, he served as Keeper of the Department of Portable Antiquities and Treasure from 2005 to 2013, Keeper of the Department of Prehistory and Europe from 2012 to 2013, and Keeper of the Department of Britain, Europe and Prehistory from 2013 to 2015. Since 2015, he has been a visiting professor at the University of Leicester and a Senior Fellow of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge.[1]
Honours
On 6 May 1993, Bland was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA).[2] In the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) "for services to Heritage".[3] In 2014, he was awarded the Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society.[4] In 2016, he was awarded the President's Medal by the British Academy "for his contribution to the protection, and academic and public understanding, of Britain’s cultural heritage".[5]
Selected works
- Roger Bland; Robert Carson (1982). Coin hoards from Roman Britain: The Blackmoor hoard. British Museum.
- Edward Besly; Roger Bland (1983). The Cunetio treasure: Roman coinage of the third century A.D. Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Publications. ISBN 978-0-7141-0857-5.
- Roger Bland; Catherine Johns (1993). The Hoxne Treasure: An Illustrated Introduction. British Museum Press. ISBN 978-0-7141-2301-1.
- Sam Moorhead; Anna Booth; Roger Bland (2010). The Frome Hoard. British Museum Press. ISBN 978-0-7141-2334-9.
- Roger Bland; Xavier Loriot (2010). Roman and Early Byzantine Gold Coins Found in Britain and Ireland: With an Appendix of New Finds from Gaul. Royal Numismatic Society. ISBN 978-0-901405-59-3.
- Worrell, Sally; Jackson, Ralph; Mackay, Andrew; Bland, Roger; Pitts, Mike; Bradbury, Darren (January–February 2011). "The Crosby Garrett Roman Helmet". British Archaeology (116). Archived from the original on 9 March 2013.
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- Leahy, Kevin; Bland, Roger; Hooke, Della; Jones, Alex; Okasha, Elisabeth (March 2011). "The Staffordshire (Ogley Hay) Hoard: Recovery of a Treasure". Antiquity. 85 (327): 202–220. doi:10.1017/S0003598X00067545.
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References
- ^ 'BLAND, Dr Roger Farrant', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 18 July 2017
- ^ "Fellows Directory: Bland". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ "No. 58729". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2008. pp. 8–9.
- ^ "The Society's Medal". The Royal Numismatic Society. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ "British Academy announces 2016 prizes and medal winners". The British Academy. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
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- Living people
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- Employees of the British Museum
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London
- Recipients of the President's Medal (British Academy)
- Anglican lay readers
- People associated with the Portable Antiquities Scheme