Brenda Dickinson Explained

Brenda Dickinson
Discipline:Roman archaeology
Sub Discipline:Pottery studies
Workplaces:University of Leeds

Brenda Dickinson is a British archaeologist. She is a leading scholar in the study of Roman pottery, and a specialist in Roman potter's stamps.

Career

Dickinson collaborated with Brian Hartley at the University of Leeds. Together they catalogued samian stamps over a 40-year period from central and western Europe. The catalogue was published in a nine-part volume in 2008 entitled Names on Terra Sigillata. An Index of Makers' Stamps & Signatures on Gallo-Roman Terra Sigillata (Samian Ware)', containing around 300,000 stamps from 5,000 potters. Dickinson is credited with turning "Brian Hartley's vision of an index of dies linked to historical data into a reality in book form."[1] The volumes are accompanied by a database hosted by the RGZM.[2] Throughout her career Dickinson authored numerous site reports on samian stamps.[3]

Dickinson was a Honorary Visiting Fellow in Classics 2006–12 at the University of Leeds.[4]

Awards and honours

She was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1994.[5] A Festschrift was published in honour of Dickinson in 2012.[6]

Dickinson and colleagues received the 2013 John Gillam Prize from the Study Group for Roman Pottery.[7]

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. Webster. Peter. 2009. Names on Terra Sigillata. An Index of Makers' Stamps & Signatures on Gallo-Roman Terra Sigillata (Samian Ware). Volume 1 (A to AXO). By B.R. Hartley and B.M. Dickinson. Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Supplement 102–01. University of London, London, 2008. Pp. xxiv + 429, illus. Price: £80.00. ISBN 978 1 905670 16 1.. Britannia. en. 40. 385–386. 10.3815/006811309789785800. 1753-5352.
  2. Web site: Samian research. Mees. Allard. www1.rgzm.de. 2019-03-09.
  3. Book: Rayner, L. Dating and interpreting the past in the western Roman Empire: Essays in honour of Brenda Dickinson. Oxbow. 2012. Bird. David. Oxford. A bibliography of the works of Brenda Dickinson.
  4. Web site: REF Case study search. impact.ref.ac.uk. 2019-03-09.
  5. Web site: Fellows Directory - Society of Antiquaries. www.sal.org.uk. 2019-03-09.
  6. Book: Dating and interpreting the past in the Western Roman Empire : essays in honour of Brenda Dickinson. 2012. Oxbow Books. Dickinson, Brenda M., Bird, D. G. (David G.). 9781842179567. Oxford, UK. 836864281.
  7. Book: The Study Group for Roman Pottery: Newsletter Autumn. 2013.

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