David Breeze

David John Breeze
Born	(1944-07-25) 25 July 1944 England
Citizenship	United Kingdom
Nationality	English
Fields	History Archaeology
Institutions	Durham University Historic Scotland
Alma mater	Durham University
Known for	Study and new interpretation of Hadrian's Wall and the Antonine Wall

David John Breeze, OBE, FSA, FRSE, Hon FSA Scot, Hon MIFA (born 25 July 1944) is a British archaeologist, teacher and scholar of Hadrian's Wall, the Antonine Wall and the Roman Army. He studied under Eric Birley and is a member of the so-called 'Durham School' of archaeology. He was a close friend and colleague of the late Dr Brian Dobson

Personal life

David was educated in Blackpool Grammar School.^[1] He attended the University of Durham, from which he was awarded his Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) in 1970. Glasgow University awarded him a Honorary Doctorate of Letters in 2008. David was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2009.^[2]

Education and Work

After working for the department of Archaeology at the University of Durham in 1968-9, he was appointed an Assistant Inspector of Ancient Monuments in the Ministry of Public Building and Works, rising to be Chief Inspector of Ancient Monuments for Historic Scotland between 1989-2005.^[1] He is an honorary professor at the University of Durham,the University of Edinburgh, and the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.^[3] He was awarded Current Archaeology's Archaeologist of the Year 2009 at the Archaeology Awards^[2]^[4] and the European Archaeological Heritage Prize in 2010. He is a corresponding member of German Archaeological Institute. He was President of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1987–90), the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne (2008–11), the Royal Archaeological Institute (2009–12) and the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society (2011-14). He was Chairman of the British Archaeological Awards from 1993 to 2009 and is Chairman of the International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies, and the Senhouse Museum Trust, Maryport. He was a founding member and remains a patron and regular speaker of the Hadrianic Society

David led the team which resulted in the Antonine Wall being ascribed as a World Heritage Site in 2008, and formed part of the group which created the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site; of which this is the first multi-national example. He is editing with Sonja Jilek a multi-language series of books on the Frontiers of the Roman Empire. Published so far are The Antonine Wall, Hadrian's Wall, The Danube Limes, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and North Africa with Bavaria being available on line: www.limes-oesterreich.at

Publications

Breeze, D. J. 1979, Roman Scotland, a guide to the visible remains, Newcastle upon Tyne: Frank Graham.
Breeze, D. J. 1982, The Northern Frontiers of Roman Britain, London: Batsford.
Breeze, D. J. 1983, 2nd ed. 2002, Roman Forts in Britain, Princes Risborough: Shire Publications.
Breeze, D. J. 1987, 2nd ed. 2002, Hadrian's Wall, a souvenir guide to the Roman Wall, London: English Heritage.
Breeze, D. J. 1987, A Queen's Progress, Edinburgh: HMSO.
Breeze, D. J. 1996, second edition 2006, Roman Scotland: Frontier Country, London: Batsford.
Breeze, D. J. 1998, Historic Scotland, 5000 Years of Scotland's Heritage, London: Batsford.
Breeze, D. J. 2002, Historic Scotland: People and Places, Batsford, London.
Breeze, D. J. 2006, John Collingwood Bruce's Handbook to the Roman Wall, 14th ed. Newcastle upon Tyne: Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Breeze, D. J. 2006, The Antonine Wall, Edinburgh: John Donald.
Breeze, D. J. 2006, Hadrian's Wall, London: English Heritage.
Breeze, D. J. 2007, Roman Frontiers in Britain, Duckworth: London.
Breeze, D. J. 2007, Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site Proposed Extension The Antonine Wall, 2 volumes, Edinburgh: Historic Scotland.
Breeze, D. J. 2008, Edge of Empire, Scotland's Roman Frontier, The Antonine Wall, Edinburgh: Birlinn.
Breeze, D. J. 2011, The Frontiers of Imperial Rome, Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books.
Breeze, D. J. (ed) 2012, The First Souvenirs, Enamelled Vessels from Hadrian's Wall, Kendal: CWAAS.
Breeze, D. J. 2013, Roman frontiers in their landscape settings, Newcastle: The Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Breeze, D. J. (ed) 2013 200 years, The Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne 1813-2013, Newcastle: Society of Antiquaries of Newcasstle
Breeze, D. J. (ed) 2014, The Impact of Rome on the British Countryside, London: Royal Archaeological Institute.
Breeze, D. J. 2014, Hadrian's Wall: A History of Archaeological Thought, Kendal: CWAAS.
Breeze, D. J., Clarke D. V. and Mackay, G. 1980, The Romans in Scotland. An introduction to the collections of the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, Edinburgh: National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland.
Breeze, D. J. and Dobson, B. 1993, Roman Officers and Frontiers, Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.
Breeze, D. J. and Dobson, B. 1st ed. 1976, 4th ed. 2000, Hadrian's Wall, London: Penguin.
Breeze, D. J. and Bishop, M. C. (eds) 2013, The Crosby Garrett Helmet, Pewsey: The Armatura Press for Tullie House.
Breeze, D. J. and Edwards, B. J. N. 2000, The Twelfth Pilgrimage of Hadrian's Wall, 1999, Kendal: CWAAS and SANT.
Breeze, D. J., Fleet, C., Stevenson, J. (eds) 2011, Mapping and Antiquities in Scotland, Scottish Geographical Journal 127, number 2, June 2011.
Breeze, D. J. and Jilek, S. (eds) 2008, Frontiers of the Roman Empire: The European Dimension of a World Heritage Site, Edinburgh: Historic Scotland.
Breeze, D. J. and Munro, G. 1997, The Stone of Destiny, Symbol of Nationhood', Edinburgh: Historic Scotland.
Breeze, D. J. and Ritchie, A. 1991, Invaders of Scotland, Edinburgh: Historic Scotland.
Breeze, D. J. and Thiel, A. 2005, The challenge of presentation. Visible and invisible parts of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site in the United Kingdom and Germany, Amsterdam: Stichting voor de Nederlandse Archeologie.
Breeze, D. J., Thoms, L. M. and Hall, D. W (eds) 2009, First Contact, Rome and Northern Britain, Perth: Tayside and Fife Archaeological Committee.
Breeze, D. J., Welander, R. and Clancy, T. O (eds) 2003, The Stone of Destiny, artefact and icon, Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
Breeze, D. J. and Woolliscroft, D. J. (eds) 2009, Excavation and Survey at Roman Burgh-by-Sands, Kendal: Cumberland Westmorland Ant. Archaeol. Society.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Author Profile - David Breeze". Shire Books. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Profile of David Breeze". Debrett's. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
↑ "Author Profile - David Breeze". Birlinn. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
↑ "Archaeology Festival 2009". Current Archaelogy. 2009-12-04. Retrieved 2013-06-15.

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