Andrew Woods | |
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Nationality | British |
Occupation(s) | Archaeologist Numismatist Museum Curator |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Thesis | Economy and Authority: A study of the coinage of Hiberno-Scandinavian Dublin and Ireland (2013) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Numismatics |
Institutions | Fitzwilliam Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme Yorkshire Museum (York Museums Trust) |
Andrew R. Woods FSA is a British numismatist,archaeologist and curator specialising in early medieval and Viking coinage. [1] He is the senior curator of the Yorkshire Museum [2] and was formerly the curator of numismatics at the York Museums Trust. [3]
Woods received a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Bristol in 2007. He also received a master's degree in medieval history from the University of St Andrews in 2008,and doctorate in archaeology from the University of Cambridge in 2013. [4] His thesis was entitled Currency of the Ostmen:Money and Economy in Late Viking-Age Ireland [3] and was supervised by Mark Blackburn and James Barrett. [1] After completing his PhD,he worked as an assistant at the Fitzwilliam Museum. [5] He also worked for the Portable Antiquities Scheme. [3] He was appointed the curator of numismatics at the York Museums Trust in 2013 [3] and is currently the senior curator of the Yorkshire Museum. [2]
As a curator,Woods has helped acquire a number of treasure troves and hoards discovered in recent years,including the Wold Newton Hoard, [6] [7] the Overton Hoard, [8] and a rare Anglo-Saxon gold shilling. [9] He also arranged for the exhibition of the Vale of York Hoard. [5] [10]
Woods received the 2017 Blunt Prize from the British Numismatic Society. [11] He was elected a Fellow of Society of Antiquaries of London on 6 June 2019. [12]
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