Who is James Graham-Campbell and what does he specialise in?
James Graham-Campbell is a British archaeologist and medievalist born on the 7th of February 1947. He specialises in the Viking Age and served as Professor of Medieval Archaeology at University College London from 1991 to 2002.
Where did James Graham-Campbell study?
Graham-Campbell studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Doctor of Philosophy. His BA was automatically promoted to a Master of Arts, the qualification designated MA Cantab. Before Cambridge, he attended Eton College, an independent boarding school in Berkshire.
What books did James Graham-Campbell write about the Vikings?
Graham-Campbell's principal publications include Viking Artefacts: A Select Catalogue (1980), The Viking-Age Gold and Silver of Scotland (1995), Vikings in Scotland: An Archaeological Survey (1998), The Archaeology of Medieval Europe, Volume 1 (2007), and Viking Art (2013).
When was James Graham-Campbell elected to the British Academy?
Graham-Campbell was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2001. The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. He had also been elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on the 3rd of March 1977.
What was James Graham-Campbell's role at the University of Nottingham?
From 2003 to 2012, Graham-Campbell held the position of Special Professor of Viking Studies at the University of Nottingham. The post came after his retirement from full-time teaching at University College London in 2002.
What does James Graham-Campbell's 1995 book cover?
Graham-Campbell's 1995 book, The Viking-Age Gold and Silver of Scotland, documented Norse gold and silver found across Scotland over the period from AD 850 to 1100. It was one of five principal publications he produced on Viking Age archaeology.