"that he met and began a relationship with Tessa Verney, a student then studying history at UCL, when they were both serving on the committee of the University College Literary Society. During his studies, Wheeler had developed his love of archaeology, having joined an excavation of Viroconium Cornoviorum, a Romano-British settlement in Wroxeter, in 1913. Considering a profession in the discipline, he won a studentship that had been established jointly by the University of London and the Society of Antiquaries in memory of Augustus Wollaston Franks. The prominent archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans doubled the amount of money that went with"
"tour for visitors interested in the antiquities of Greece. The archaeologist, Sir Mortimer Wheeler, was employed as guest lecturer. From this developed a full programme of cruises, in which well known academics, writers and clergymen were regularly featured as guest lecturers, both on board ship and on site. The company prided itself on never repeating, exactly, any itinerary, but it concentrated, as the name suggests, on classical sites in the Aegean sea, around the coasts and islands of modern Greece and Turkey. It also, however, visited classical and other ancient sites in north Africa (including Egypt) and the eastern Mediterranean."
"His second wife, Emily, shared her husband's interest in English literature, and was the niece of Thomas Spencer Baynes, a Shakespearean scholar at St. Andrews University. Their marriage was emotionally strained, a situation exacerbated by their financial insecurity. Within two years of their son's birth, the family moved to Edinburgh, where a daughter named Amy was born. The couple gave their two children nicknames, with Mortimer being ""Boberic"" and Amy being ""Totsy"". When Wheeler was four, his father was appointed chief leader writer for the ""Bradford Observer"". The family relocated to Saltaire, a village northwest of Bradford, a cosmopolitan city"
"and television, particularly the BBC series ""Animal, Vegetable, Mineral?"", helped to bring archaeology to a mass audience. Appointed Honorary Secretary of the British Academy, he raised large sums of money for archaeological projects, and was appointed British representative for several UNESCO projects. Wheeler is recognised as one of the most important British archaeologists of the twentieth century, responsible for successfully encouraging British public interest in the discipline and advancing methodologies of excavation and recording. Furthermore, he is widely acclaimed as a major figure in the establishment of South Asian archaeology. However, many of his specific interpretations of archaeological sites have"
"in the methodologies of the discipline. Wheeler became very fond of his students, with one of them, B. B. Lal, later commenting that ""behind the gruff exterior, Sir Mortimer had a very kind and sympathetic heart"". Throughout his period in India, his students were some of the only individuals to whom Wheeler warmed; more widely, he was annoyed by what he saw as the idleness, incompetence and corruption of Indian society. Initially focusing on the northwest of the subcontinent, Wheeler was particularly fascinated by the Bronze Age Indus Valley Civilization. On his initial inspection of the Indus Valley sites of"
"to engage in ""the study of the animals of the region when alive."" The mission was success with over 300 mammal and thousands of insect specimens returning to the United States. A species of gecko, ""Nephrurus wheeleri"", is named in his honor. His work includes 467 titles. William Morton Wheeler William Morton Wheeler (March 19, 1865 – April 19, 1937) was an American entomologist, myrmecologist and Harvard professor. William Morton Wheeler was born on March 19, 1865 to parents Julius Morton Wheeler and Caroline Georgiana Wheeler ( Anderson) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. At a young age, Wheeler had an interest in"
"by the Canadian Plains Research Center. Seager Wheeler developed many dryland farming techniques, invented equipment as well as winning numerous awards for developing wheat strains and fruits which would grow in the short prairie season, seeds which would survive over winter and many other practices which helped develop a sustainable agricultural economy in Saskatchewan. Seager Wheeler Seager Wheeler, MBE (1868 – December 15, 1961) was a Canadian agronomist. Wheeler produced viable economic wheat and fruit strains for a short prairie growing season with harsh winters. Known as the ""Wheat King of the prairies"" or ""The Wheat Wizard of Rosthern"" he"
"ancient existence of an equally advanced Minoan civilization. The next major figure in the development of archaeology was Sir Mortimer Wheeler, whose highly disciplined approach to excavation and systematic coverage in the 1920s and 1930s brought the science on swiftly. Wheeler developed the grid system of excavation, which was further improved by his student Kathleen Kenyon. Archaeology became a professional activity in the first half of the 20th century, and it became possible to study archaeology as a subject in universities and even schools. By the end of the 20th century nearly all professional archaeologists, at least in developed countries,"
"been discredited or reinterpreted and he was often criticised for bullying colleagues and sexually harassing young women. Mortimer Wheeler was born on 10 September 1890 in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. He was the first child of the journalist Robert Mortimer Wheeler and his second wife Emily Wheeler (""née"" Baynes). The son of a tea merchant based in Bristol, in youth Robert had considered becoming a Baptist minister, but instead became a staunch freethinker while studying at the University of Edinburgh. Initially working as a lecturer in English literature Robert turned to journalism after his first wife died in childbirth."
"this purpose, the baulks between trenches served to retain a record of the strata that had been dug through), and, second, to publish the excavation promptly and in a form that would tell the story of the site to the intelligent reader. They also published their results quickly after the excavations concluded, and Mortimer proved adept at generating favourable publicity. She became a lecturer at the London Museum in 1928, and became the second woman to be elected as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries the same year. The Wheelers worked together on establishing an Institute of Archaeology in"
"Clifford H. Mortimer Clifford Hiley Mortimer (27 February 1911 – 11 May 2010) was a 20th-century British zoologist and expert in hydrodynamics. He was the recipient of the 1995 A.C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement Award. He was born in the village of Whitechurch in Somerset, the son of Walter Mortimer and his wife Bessie Russell. His parents had converted to Quakerism during the First World War and he was raised in this faith. His father worked in a printing shop but went blind around 1915, bringing an end to his career. His mother, a farmer's daughter, made ends meet by growing"
"Joseph Wheeler (musicologist) Joseph Hugh Wheeler (1927 – 11 October 1977) was a British musician and musicologist. A civil servant by profession, Wheeler's most famous work was his realisation of Gustav Mahler's Tenth Symphony which he began in 1952 and took him some thirteen years to complete. Wheeler was born in Bromley, England, the son of a professional brass band player. Wheeler had similar musical abilities, becoming a founder member of the Guild of Gentlemen Trumpeters. After completing his National Service with the RAF in 1948, Wheeler's consuming interest in Mahler and the championing of the unfinished Tenth by fellow"
"Seager Wheeler Seager Wheeler, MBE (1868 – December 15, 1961) was a Canadian agronomist. Wheeler produced viable economic wheat and fruit strains for a short prairie growing season with harsh winters. Known as the ""Wheat King of the prairies"" or ""The Wheat Wizard of Rosthern"" he owned and operated the Seager Wheeler's Maple Grove Farm. He was designated as a person of national historic significance in 1988 by the Canadian federal government and inducted into the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame. Seager came to Canada in 1885 and applied for his own homestead in 1890. His original homestead was located"
"Charles Wheeler (sculptor) Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler (14 March 1892 – 22 August 1974) was a British sculptor who worked in bronze and stone who became the first sculptor to hold the Presidency of the Royal Academy, from 1956 through 1966. Wheeler was the son of a journalist and was born in Codsall, Staffordshire, and raised in nearby Wolverhampton. He studied at the Wolverhampton College of Art, now Wolverhampton University, under Robert Emerson, between 1908 and 1912. In 1912 he won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art where he studied under Édouard Lantéri until 1917. Throughout the remainder"
"on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, running alongside his Welsh fieldwork of 1908-09, helping to visit and synthesise the archaeology of many counties through the Commission’s Inventories and developing an interest in hillfort archaeology. [Mortimer Wheeler], who knew him and was in a sense Bosanquet’s successor in Wales, situated his own early excavations ‘in direct line of descent from those instituted by him and the Liverpool Committee‘. After exhausting wartime service in hospital organisation and relief work in Albania, Corfu and Salonica, 1915–17, Bosanquet soon after retired from teaching at Liverpool. In his retirement in northern England (Northumbria),"
"Scotland and England. She accompanied Mortimer on his postings until he was sent to France in 1917. Their only child, Michael Mortimer Wheeler, was born in January 1915. He became a barrister and judge. Tessa followed Mortimer to Cardiff in 1920 when he took up a post at the National Museum of Wales. He was Director of the National Museum of Wales from 1924 to 1926. They undertook excavations together at Segontium in 1921–22 and at Gaer in 1924–25, working as a team. Tessa organised the excavations and recorded the finds, and Mortimer interpreted the results. They were preparing an"
"Ray Wheeler Raymond Leslie Wheeler RDI FRAeS FRINA (born 25 October 1927) is a British engineer who was instrumental in Britain's successful development of rocket launchers and hovercraft. He was born in Middlesex. From the University College, Southampton he gained a BSc in Engineering in 1948. He joined Saunders-Roe in 1945 as an apprentice. He worked on the SR.N1, the first hovercraft. He eventually became Chief Structural Engineer, working on the 300-tonne SR.N4 hovercraft, as Project Engineer. At Saunders-Roe he worked with Roy Dommett on the Black Arrow rocket programme, where he was the Chief Designer. Although entirely successful, built"
"degree in law. He practised law as a barrister, before becoming an investment banker. However, Wheeler found his niche through IG Index, which pioneered spread betting. Originally, the company was launched to allow Britons to speculate on gold, when foreign exchange controls made it exorbitantly expensive to actually buy it. By 2008 sales of his shares in IG Index has made Wheeler one of the 2,000 wealthiest people in the United Kingdom according to the ""Sunday Times Rich List"", with a fortune of £40 million. Although he is a new entrant on the list, Wheeler had previously publicly stated his"
"drawn to domestic structures of all sorts, including 'humbler dwellings'. Another novelty was consultation with 'official referees' whose specialist advice would supplement the expertise of the small number of commissioners, especially in new and developing fields of knowledge. This enabled the Commission to recruit advisers of the calibre of J. E. Lloyd (the distinguished medieval historian) and Mortimer Wheeler (the go-ahead archaeologist who became keeper of the London Museum after resigning as director of the National Museum of Wales in 1926). In the remaining two years of his secretaryship Owen put in order the work already done on Anglesey. It"
"Gavin Mortimer Gavin Nicholas Mortimer is a British writer and historian, specialising in World War Two Special Forces. Educated at Mill Hill School in north London, Mortimer's first book, the critically acclaimed 'Fields of Glory: the extraordinary lives of 16 warrior sportsmen' was published in 2001 and it was described by the Sunday Telegraph as ""inspiring reading"". In the course of researching rugby international and SAS commander Paddy Mayne for this book, Mortimer formed a friendship with Johnny Cooper, one of SAS 'Originals', who suggested writing a comprehensive wartime account of the Regiment. With the assistance of Cooper, Mortimer interviewed"
"commission period. Notable works include by Wheeler include, Charles Wheeler (sculptor) Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler (14 March 1892 – 22 August 1974) was a British sculptor who worked in bronze and stone who became the first sculptor to hold the Presidency of the Royal Academy, from 1956 through 1966. Wheeler was the son of a journalist and was born in Codsall, Staffordshire, and raised in nearby Wolverhampton. He studied at the Wolverhampton College of Art, now Wolverhampton University, under Robert Emerson, between 1908 and 1912. In 1912 he won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art where he studied"
"Islamic extremism, drawing parallels between the Nazis and ISIS. In an article in August 2017 Mortimer was the first writer to identify that ISIS terrorists were specifically targeting western women on account of their sex. Non-fiction Gavin Mortimer Gavin Nicholas Mortimer is a British writer and historian, specialising in World War Two Special Forces. Educated at Mill Hill School in north London, Mortimer's first book, the critically acclaimed 'Fields of Glory: the extraordinary lives of 16 warrior sportsmen' was published in 2001 and it was described by the Sunday Telegraph as ""inspiring reading"". In the course of researching rugby international"
"He felt that there was no ""celebrity archaeologist"" to replace him, and ultimately felt that the situation in British archaeology made him ""angry and sad."" In ""British Archaeology"" magazine, Aston was described as ""the Mortimer Wheeler of our times"" because, despite strong differences between their personalities, both had done much to bring archaeology to the British public. It went on to note that Aston reminded archaeologists that ""their job is to do archaeology, and if that was an archaeology that meant nothing to ordinary people, there was no point in it – and government would be among the first to"
"Government’s inquiry into the Iraq war (headed by Sir John Chilcot). He is also an Honorary Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a Patron of the Police Foundation, and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers. Wheeler has also played cricket for the Stragglers of Asia CC, one of the oldest wandering cricket clubs in the UK. His interests include fly fishing, cricket, shooting and ornithology. In 1980 he married Felicity Hares; they have three sons, including Simon Wheeler, and one daughter by a former marriage. He is the nephew of the late"
"N. Peterson of New York City. She died in 1895 and he married again in 1898 to Miss Amy Sutton, daughter of John Joseph Sutton of Rye, New York. He died of angina pectoris at his home in Manhattan on April 20, 1923. At the time of his death, he chaired the IEEE committee on ""code of principles of professional conduct."" Wheeler invented many electrical devices. He specialized in power saving electrical tools. In 2003 Wheeler received the Doctor of Science degree from Hobart College. Wheeler invented the electric fan in 1882 by placing a two-bladed propeller on the shaft"
"founder of Gorham Silver, that became Gorham Silver Manufacturing Company after his son John Gorham took over. For four years, 1881–85, Wheeler studied in German universities—for a year at Leipzig, then for two years at Heidelberg, a half year at Jena, and a half year at Berlin. In the spring of 1885, he received on examination at Heidelberg the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, summa cum laude, presenting a thesis under Hermann Osthoff entitled ""Der griechische Nominalaccent"", afterwards published at Strassburg as a separate book. The thesis led to what is known as the law of ""dactylic retraction"" or ""Wheelers"
"Wheeler remained involved in the motoring industry, regularly racing an Aston Martin DB4, and also designing the ""Scamander"" amphibious car. Peter Wheeler (TVR) Peter Robert Wheeler (29 February 1944 – 11 June 2009) was a chemical engineer from Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK, who owned the Blackpool-based TVR sports car company for 23 years. Wheeler made his fortune supplying specialist equipment to the North Sea oil industry. After owning a TVR, he ended up buying the company in 1981. Wheeler sold TVR to Nikolai Smolenski in 2004 for around £15 million. Despite his background in chemistry, Peter Wheeler also contributed to the"
"standard, modern British ichthyology text. Other important publications included ""Key to the Fishes of Northern Europe"" in 1978, ""Fishes of the World"" in 1975 and ""The World Encyclopedia of Fishes"" in 1985. He was also a central figure in the monitoring of the clean up of the River Thames and the return of life to the river and he produced ""The Tidal Thames; The History of a River and its Fishes"" in 1979 to document this. As well as scientific publications Wheeler wrote columns in the more popular angling press giving biological information to anglers. He also adjudicated many rod"
"to 1968: Arthur Wheeler (motorcyclist) Arthur Frederick Wheeler (5 August 1916 – 16 June 2001) was an English professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Wheeler gained a reputation as one of the top privateer racers on the Grand Prix circuit. Born in Epsom, Surrey, Wheeler left school at the age of 15 to be an apprentice electrician and engineer. He began his competitive motorcycling career campaigning a Velocette in grass track racing. Opening a motorcycle shop in 1937, he used his profits to enable his motorcycle racing career. When World War II started, Wheeler's engineering skills led him to being"
"John Mortimer (agriculturalist) John Mortimer (c. 1656 – 1736) was an English merchant, and writer on agriculture, known for ""The whole Art of Husbandry, in the way of Managing and Improving of Land"" published in London in 1707. The only son and heir of Mark Mortimer, by his wife Abigail Walmesly of Blackmore in Essex, he was born in London about 1656. He received a commercial education, and became a prosperous merchant on Tower Hill. In November 1693, at the age of about 43, he bought the estate of Topping Hall, Hatfield Peverel, Essex, which he improved; a number of"
"Arthur Wheeler (motorcyclist) Arthur Frederick Wheeler (5 August 1916 – 16 June 2001) was an English professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Wheeler gained a reputation as one of the top privateer racers on the Grand Prix circuit. Born in Epsom, Surrey, Wheeler left school at the age of 15 to be an apprentice electrician and engineer. He began his competitive motorcycling career campaigning a Velocette in grass track racing. Opening a motorcycle shop in 1937, he used his profits to enable his motorcycle racing career. When World War II started, Wheeler's engineering skills led him to being chosen to"
"required."" John Mortimer (agriculturalist) John Mortimer (c. 1656 – 1736) was an English merchant, and writer on agriculture, known for ""The whole Art of Husbandry, in the way of Managing and Improving of Land"" published in London in 1707. The only son and heir of Mark Mortimer, by his wife Abigail Walmesly of Blackmore in Essex, he was born in London about 1656. He received a commercial education, and became a prosperous merchant on Tower Hill. In November 1693, at the age of about 43, he bought the estate of Topping Hall, Hatfield Peverel, Essex, which he improved; a number"
"famous archaeologist Mortimer Wheeler. During World War II much of the collection was evacuated for storage at nearby Dover Street tube station, and later at Piccadilly Circus tube station. Some of the galleries at Lancaster House reopened to the public in 1942, but in November 1943 the building was requisitioned by the Ministry of Works as a conference centre and base for the new European Advisory Commission, the museum retaining only the basement for storage of its collections. After the war, attempts to reclaim Lancaster House for the museum's use failed. Eventually in 1948 George VI agreed that the museum"