Tessa Wheeler
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Tessa Wheeler was an archaeologist who made a significant contribution to excavation techniques and contributed to the setting up of major British archaeological institutions after the Second World War.
Memorial to Tessa Wheeler in the UCL Institute of Archaeology
The excavations at Maiden Castle, Dorset in October 1937 were led by Mortimer Wheeler. Photograph by Major George Allen (1891–1940).
Mortimer Wheeler
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Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler CH CIE MC TD was a British archaeologist and officer in the British Army. Over the course of his career, he served as Director of both the National Museum of Wales and London Museum, Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India, and the founder and Honorary Director of the Institute of Archaeology in London, in addition to writing twenty-four books on archaeological subjects.
Mortimer Wheeler in 1956
During childhood, Wheeler took an interest in the prehistoric carvings of Ilkley Moor.
Wheeler undertook his BA and MA at University College London (pictured).
Lancaster House, where the London Museum was based