Patricia Selina Birley (

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Burnham) (born 27 June 1948) is an archaeologist and was the director of the Vindolanda Trust from 2002 to 2015.

Biography

Birley founded the Vindolanda Trust in the 1970s as a curator and conservator. She became its Deputy Director in 1980 and Director from 2002 to 2015. Birley was elected as a Fellow of the

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on 5 May 2012. Since 2010 she has served as a Deputy Lieutenant for Northumberland. She was awarded an MBE in the

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for "services to Roman Heritage in Northumberland".

Family

Patricia was married to Robin Birley and is the mother of

Andrew Birley Andrew Robin Birley (born 28 October 1974) is a British archaeologist and the Director of Excavations on the site of Vindolanda. He is the son of Robin Birley and Patricia Birley and grandson of Eric Birley, who founded the department of Archa ...

and mother-in-law of Barbara Birley.

References

British archaeologists 1948 births Living people British people of English descent English curators Directors of museums in the United Kingdom Members of the Order of the British Empire British women museum directors Deputy lieutenants of Northumberland Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London British women archaeologists Patricia Birley British women classical scholars {{UK-archaeologist-stub