Geoff Egan Explained

Geoffrey Egan, (19 October 1951 – 24 December 2010) was a British archaeologist, medievalist and small finds expert. He spent the majority of his career as an archaeologist with the Museum of London's Department of Urban Archaeology (later Museum of London Archaeology), rising from a field archaeologist to a fieldwork director and then a finds specialist. From 2004 to his death, on secondment to the British Museum, he was the national finds adviser on early medieval to post-medieval finds for the Portable Antiquities Scheme.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Early life and education

Egan was born on 19 October 1951 in Wembley or Harrow, London, England. He was educated at Harrow County School for Boys, an all-boys grammar school in Harrow. He then matriculated into Peterhouse, Cambridge, first studying classics before switching to the joint archaeology and anthropology degree. He graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1976.

In 1988, he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree by the University of London for a doctoral thesis titled "Provenanced leaden cloth seals".^[6]

Selected works

• Book: Egan . Geoff . Playthings From the Past: Lead Alloy Miniature Artefacts c. 1300-1800 . 1996 . Jonathan Horne Publications.
• Book: Egan . Geoff . Pritchard . Frances . Dress accessories: c. 1150 - c. 1450 . 2004 . Boydell Press . London . 978-0851158396.
• Book: Egan . Geoff . Material culture in London in an age of transition: Tudor and Stuart period finds c. 1450- c. 1700 from excavations at riverside sites in Southwark . 2005 . Museum of London archaeology service . London . 190199239X.
• Book: Griffiths . David . Philpott . Robert A. . Egan . Geoff . Meols: the archaeology of the North Wirral coast discoveries and observations in the 19th and 20th centuries, with a catalogue of collections . 2007 . Oxford . Oxford University School of Archaeology Monograph Series . 68 . 978-1905905034 .

Notes and References

1. News: Bland . Roger . Roger Bland . Geoff Egan obituary . 25 August 2023 . The Guardian . 9 February 2011.
2. News: Geoffrey Egan . 25 August 2023 . The Times . 22 January 2011 . en.
3. Lewis . Carenza . Carenza Lewis . Catling . Christopher . Dr Geoffrey Egan . Childhood in the Past . September 2011 . 4 . 1 . 8–10 . 10.1179/cip.2011.4.1.8. 218663063 . free .
4. Web site: Catling . Chris . Bland . Roger . Roger Bland . Geoffrey Egan PhD, FSA Archaeologist and finds expert . The Portable Antiquities Scheme . 25 August 2023 . en . 2011.
5. Geoff Egan: a tribute . Post-Medieval Archaeology . 2011 . 45 . 2 . 337–349 . 10.1179/174581311X13135030529511 . 218677259 .
6. Egan . G. . Provenanced leaden cloth seals . discovery.ucl.ac.uk . University College London . 25 August 2023 . 1988.