Gail Falkingham

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Gail Falkingham

FSA MCIFA
OccupationArchaeologist
Curator
Archivist
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeology

Gail Falkingham FSA MCIfA is a British archaeologist, archivist, and curator.

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Biography

Falkingham worked for North Yorkshire County Council as County Archaeologist and is currently employed by the Yorkshire Museum as Assistant Curator of Archaeological Archives. [1] She is also an archivist for the North Yorkshire County Record Office. [2]

Falkingham is a trustee of the Yorkshire Gardens Trust. [3] Gail was elected as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 29 October 2020. [4]

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References

  1. "Fellows (and Friends): Gail Falkingham BA MA". SALON: Online Newsletter of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. 459. Society of Antiquaries of London. 10 November 2020.
  2. Rosemary Collins (October 2020). "A shoemaker's annals, c.1808 41: Archivist Gail Falkingham reveals a local man's poetic record of the Yorkshire town of Bedale". Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine. No. 170. pp. 50–51.
  3. "Council Members". Yorkshire Gardens Trust . Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  4. "Gail Falkingham". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 28 September 2021.