John Coles (historian)
John Coles | |
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| Born | John Morton Coles 30 March 1930 Woodstock, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 14 October 2020 (aged 90) Devon, England |
| Education | University of Toronto University of Cambridge University of Edinburgh |
| Occupations | Archaeologist and academic |
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| Awards | Grahame Clark Medal of the British Academy; Gold Medal of the Society of Antiquaries of London; Gold Medal of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities |
John Morton Coles, FBA, FSA, HonFSAScot (25 March 1930 – 14 October 2020) was a Canadian–British archaeologist and academic.
Life and career
Coles was born in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada, on 25 March 1930.[1] He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1952, before working in commerce for three years. He began studying archaeology at the University of Cambridge in 1955, before moving to the University of Edinburgh to complete his PhD in 1957.[2]
He began teaching at the University of Cambridge in 1960 and was Director of Studies to Prince Charles while the prince studied at Trinity College.[3]
Coles became professor of European Prehistory in 1980[2] and was a fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, from 1963 until his death.[4]
Coles married archaeologist Bryony Coles in 1985, and in 1986 he left the University of Cambridge and they moved to Devon. The couple did extensive research into the Somerset Levels, which resulted in the establishment of a new branch of archaeology focusing on wetlands, and in 1998, they received the Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) Award.[5]
Honours and awards
Coles held a higher doctorate (DSc) from the University of Cambridge. He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1963[7] and a Fellow of the British Academy (the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities) in 1978.[8] He received an honorary doctorate from Uppsala University, and was awarded the Grahame Clark Medal of the British Academy (1995), the Gold Medal of the Society of Antiquaries of London (2002), and the Gold Medal of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities (2009).[7]
References
- ↑ Harding, Anthony (7 February 2022). "John Morton Coles" (PDF). Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy (20): 111–137. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2022.
- 1 2 3 Bradley, Richard (1 December 2020). "John Coles obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ↑ "Prince of Wales settles in at Cambridge university – archive, 9 Oct 1967". The Guardian. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ↑ Coles, John M. (1959). "The late bronze age in Scotland". The University of Edinburgh.
- ↑ "British Archaeological Awards". 3 June 2008. Archived from the original on 3 June 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ↑ Piotrowska, Danuta; Wojciech Piotrowski. "John Morton Coles (1930–2020). From Palaeolithic Studies to Wetland Archaeology. A Commemoration" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2022.
- 1 2 "Coles, John Morton", Who's Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ↑ "Professor John Coles FBA", The British Academy. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- 1930 births
- 2020 deaths
- 20th-century Canadian historians
- Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
- Canadian expatriates in the United Kingdom
- Fellows of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
- Fellows of the British Academy
- Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London
- Historians at the University of Cambridge
- University of Toronto alumni