Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Rupert Leo Scott Bruce-Mitford (surname sometimes: "Mitford") (1914 in Streatham (London), UK – 1994 in Oxford) was a British archaeologist best known for his multi-volume publication on the Sutton Hoo ship burial.Bruce-Mitford worked for the British Museum, London, in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities from 1938, and, following the bequest of the Sutton Hoo Treasure to the nation in 1942, he was charged with leading the project to study and publish the finds. This he did through four decades at the British Museum. He also became President of the Society of Antiquaries of London.Apart from military service in World War II he worked at the British Museum continuously until 1977, including two keeperships, and finally as a research keeper.He was also responsible for translating Danish archaeologist P.V. Glob's book The Bog People (1965) into English.. }
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- Rupert_Bruce-Mitford abstract "Rupert Leo Scott Bruce-Mitford (surname sometimes: "Mitford") (1914 in Streatham (London), UK – 1994 in Oxford) was a British archaeologist best known for his multi-volume publication on the Sutton Hoo ship burial.Bruce-Mitford worked for the British Museum, London, in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities from 1938, and, following the bequest of the Sutton Hoo Treasure to the nation in 1942, he was charged with leading the project to study and publish the finds. This he did through four decades at the British Museum. He also became President of the Society of Antiquaries of London.Apart from military service in World War II he worked at the British Museum continuously until 1977, including two keeperships, and finally as a research keeper.He was also responsible for translating Danish archaeologist P.V. Glob's book The Bog People (1965) into English.".