Charles Phillips (archaeologist)
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Charles William Phillips (April 24, 1901 - September 23, 1985) was a British
archaeologist best known for leading the 1939 excavation of the Sutton Hoo
burial ship, an intact collection of Anglo-Saxon
grave-goods, possibly that of the 7th century East Anglian king Raedwald
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He was the spouse of Margaret Mann Phillips
the Erasmus scholar..
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archaeologist best known for leading the 1939 excavation of the Sutton Hoo
Sutton Hoo
Sutton Hoo, near to Woodbridge, in the English county of Suffolk, is the site of two 6th and early 7th century cemeteries. One contained an undisturbed ship burial including a wealth of Anglo-Saxon artefacts of outstanding art-historical and archaeological significance, now held in the British...
burial ship, an intact collection of Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxons
Anglo-Saxon is a term used by historians to designate the Germanic tribes who invaded and settled the south and east of Great Britain beginning in the early 5th century AD, and the period from their creation of the English nation to the Norman conquest. The Anglo-Saxon Era denotes the period of...
grave-goods, possibly that of the 7th century East Anglian king Raedwald
Raedwald of East Anglia
Rædwald ; also Raedwald or Redwald, was a 7th century king of East Anglia, a long-lived Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. He was the son of Tytila of East Anglia and a member of the Wuffingas dynasty , who were the first rulers of the East Angles...
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He was the spouse of Margaret Mann Phillips
Margaret Mann Phillips
Margaret Mann Phillips was a British academic who specialized in Renaissance literature and history.She is most noted for work on Erasmus.- Personal details:...
the Erasmus scholar..