Margaret Rule

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Dr Margaret Rule CBE, led the project that excavated and raised the Tudor warship Mary Rose in 1982.

Educated at Cambridge University in land archeology, she was the curator of the Fishbourne Roman Palace, when she began her work in maritime archaeology when she was consulted on the initial search for the wreck of Mary Rose.

[edit] Awards and Honours

She has been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire

In 1995, the National Maritime Museum awarded her its Caird Medal

[edit] Published Works

• Chichester Excavations

• Fishbourne Roman Palace

• Mosaic Floors in Britain

• The Mary Rose: the excavation and raising of Henry VIII's flagship (1982)

• The Mary Rose (1983)

• Gallo-Roman trading vessel from Guernsey: the excavation and recovery of a third century shipwreck (1993)