Brenda Dickinson

Brenda Dickinson FSA is a British archaeologist. She is a leading scholar in the study of Roman pottery, and a specialist in Roman potter's stamps.

Brenda Dickinson

FSA
Academic work
DisciplineRoman archaeology
Sub-disciplinePottery studies
InstitutionsUniversity of Leeds

Career

Dickinson collaborated with Brian Hartley at the University of Leeds. Together they catalogued samian stamps over a 40-year period from central and western Europe. The catalogue was published in a nine-part volume in 2008 entitled 'Names on Terra Sigillata. An Index of Makers' Stamps & Signatures on Gallo-Roman Terra Sigillata (Samian Ware)', containing around 300,000 stamps from 5,000 potters. Dickinson is credited with turning "Brian Hartley's vision of an index of dies linked to historical data into a reality in book form."[1] The volumes are accompanied by a database hosted by the RGZM.[2] Throughout her career Dickinson authored numerous site reports on samian stamps.[3]

Dickinson was a Honorary Visiting Fellow in Classics 2006–12 at the University of Leeds.[4]

Awards and honours

She was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1994.[5] A Festschrift was published in honour of Dickinson in 2012.[6]

Dickinson and colleagues received the 2013 John Gillam Prize from the Study Group for Roman Pottery.[7]

Selected publications
  • B. Hartley and B. Dickinson 2008–12. Names on terra sigillata : an index of makers' stamps & signatures on Gallo-Roman terra sigillata (Samian ware). London : Institute of Classical Studies, University of London.
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References
  1. Webster, Peter (2009). "Names on Terra Sigillata. An Index of Makers' Stamps & Signatures on Gallo-Roman Terra Sigillata (Samian Ware). Volume 1 (A to AXO). By B.R. Hartley and B.M. Dickinson. Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Supplement 102–01. University of London, London, 2008. Pp. xxiv + 429, illus. Price: £80.00. ISBN 978 1 905670 16 1". Britannia. 40: 385–386. doi:10.3815/006811309789785800. ISSN 1753-5352.
  2. Mees, Allard. "Samian research". www1.rgzm.de. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  3. Rayner, L (2012). "A bibliography of the works of Brenda Dickinson". In Bird, David (ed.). Dating and interpreting the past in the western Roman Empire: Essays in honour of Brenda Dickinson. Oxford: Oxbow.
  4. "REF Case study search". impact.ref.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  5. "Fellows Directory - Society of Antiquaries". www.sal.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  6. Dating and interpreting the past in the Western Roman Empire : essays in honour of Brenda Dickinson. Dickinson, Brenda M., Bird, D. G. (David G.). Oxford, UK: Oxbow Books. 2012. ISBN 9781842179567. OCLC 836864281.CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. The Study Group for Roman Pottery: Newsletter Autumn (PDF). 2013.
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