Diana Wardle (30 December 1948 – 29 December 2023)
The British School at Athens mourns the passing of Diana Wardle, an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham who was involved with the school since 1970. Diana contributed […]
Obituaries
Myrto Georgakopoulou (1976-2022)
It is with great sorrow and heavy hearts that we note the untimely passing of our dear colleague, valued collaborator and beloved friend, Myrto Georgakopoulou, on December 15, 2022.
Prof. George Leonard Huxley (1932-2022)
It is with great sadness that we note the passing, peacefully in Oxfordshire, of Prof. George Leonard Huxley at the age of ninety. Huxley first came to the BSA from […]
Elizabeth (Lisa) Bayard French (19 January 1931 – 10 June 2021)
It is with great sadness that we note the passing, peacefully in Cambridge after a short illness, of Lisa French.
HRH Prince Philip
The BSA was saddened to learn of the passing of our former Patron, HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.
Martin Sinclair Frankland Hood (31 January 1917 – 18 January 2021)
It is with the deepest sadness that we note the passing of Sinclair Hood, peacefully at his home in Great Milton, Oxford a few days before his 104th birthday.
Ian Jenkins OBE
The British School at Athens was deeply saddened to learn of the unexpected death of Dr Ian Jenkins, Senior Curator at the British Museum, on Saturday 28 November.
John James Coulton (24 February 1940 – 1 August 2020)
The BSA notes with great sadness the passing of Jim Coulton in Edinburgh on 1 August 2020, aged 80.
Leyland Hugh Sackett (13 August 1928 – 12 April 2020)
The BSA is very sad to report the death aged 91 early on (western) Easter Day of Hugh Sackett, a pillar of the BSA’s community.
Maurice Pope (1926 – 2019)
It was with great sadness that the BSA learnt of the death of Maurice Pope on 1 August 2019 aged 93. His association with the BSA goes back to the […]