Ridgway, David W. R. (David William Robertson), 1938-2012 (British archaeologist and classicist)
Nationality:
English.
Education:
David Ridgway (11 May 1938 – 20 May 2012 in Athens, Greece) was a British scholar of Italian archaeology and the Etruscans.
Ridgway studied Classics at University College London under Professors Webster, Skutsch and Robertson. After graduating in 1960 he went on to post graduate studies in European and Mediterranean Archaeology in Oxford under Professor C.F.C. Hawkes.
From 1968 he taught first as Lecturer and subsequently Reader in Archaeology and finally as Reader in Classics at the University of Edinburgh, where his wife Francesca Romana Serra Ridgway was an honorary fellow for years in the archaeology department. Ridgway and his wife retired in 2003 and moved to London where they both were awarded with an associate level of Fellowship at the Institute of Classical Studies associated with the University of London.
Role within the BSR:
Recipient of a Research Grant, 1962-1963. Member of the Faculty of Archaeology, History and Letters (FAHL), 1974-1979.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Ridgway, David William Robertson, 1962 - 1966, Academic years: 1961 - 1962; 1962 - 1963
Ridgway, David William Robertson, 1962 - 1966, Academic years: 1961 - 1962; 1962 - 1963
Documents from this file include: application form; reference letters; curriculum vitae; financial records. David Ridgway (University College, London, and Lincoln College, Oxford) worked mainly in South Etruria upon the Quattro Fontanili cemetery. Note: in the file there is no direct evidence of the grant in academic year 1961-1962, desumed from BSR Annual Report.
Ridgway, David William Robertson, 1974 - 1979, Academic years: 1974 - 1975; 1975 - 1976; 1976 - 1977; 1977 - 1978; 1978 - 1979
Ridgway, David William Robertson, 1974 - 1979, Academic years: 1974 - 1975; 1975 - 1976; 1976 - 1977; 1977 - 1978; 1978 - 1979
Documents from this file include: invitation letter by K. M. Stedman (Secretary of FAHL) to join the Faculty for a four-year spell; letter of acceptance by Ridgway; correspondence with Secretary of FAHL, concerning meetings, candidates interviews and tutoring, impressions on the BSR, after a visit and concerns about anti-school campaign by former Director and Secretary