Grenville Astill

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Grenville Astill
Academic work
DisciplineMedieval archaeology
InstitutionsUniversity of Reading

Grenville Astill is a professor in the department of archaeology at the University of Reading. Astill is a specialist in Medieval urbanisation, the medieval countryside and landscape archaeology, monasticism and technology and industry. [1]

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He received a Phd from the University of Birmingham. [2] Astill is a director of the Bordesley Abbey Project. [3]

Awards and honours

Astill was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1988. [4]

Selected publications

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References

  1. Staff Profile:Professor Grenville Astill. University of Reading. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  2. "Staff Profile:Professor Grenville Astill".
  3. Welcome to the Bordesley Abbey website. The Bordesley Abbey Project. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  4. "Fellows Directory - Society of Antiquaries". www.sal.org.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2019.