David Colin Arthur Shotter (3 January 193922 May 2021) was a British archaeologist and Professor of Roman Imperial History at the

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Career

Shotter was born in London and educated at

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and the

University of Southampton , mottoeng = The Heights Yield to Endeavour , type = Public research university , established = 1862 – Hartley Institution1902 – Hartley University College1913 – Southampton University Coll ...

. He taught at Magee University College,

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(now part of

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) from 1964 to 1966 and was appointed Lecturer in the Department of Classics at the

in 1966. During his career, he established and chaired over 40 annual archaeological conferences for the university's Centre for North-West Regional Studies. He was Principal of

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and was appointed Professor of Roman Imperial History in 2003 and retired in 2004. Shotter worked to establish the Cumbria and Lancashire Archaeological Unit (1979), which later became the LU Archaeological Unit (1986). He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He was also a co-founder of the Lancaster Archaeological and Historical Society and its journal, ''Contrebis''. He also played a major role in the

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, as a council member, vice-president and president (2005-2008).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shotter, David 1939 births 2021 deaths People from London People educated at King's College School, London Alumni of the University of Southampton Academics of Lancaster University Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society English classical scholars Scholars of Roman history Historians of ancient Rome