Geoffrey Wainwright (archaeologist)

Geoffrey John Wainwright, MBE, FSA, FRSA, FLSW (19 September 1937 – 6 March 2017) was a British archaeologist specialising in prehistory. He was the Chief Archaeologist of English Heritage from 1989 to 1999, and visiting professor to a number of universities. He served as President of the Prehistoric Society from 1981 to 1985 and the Society of Antiquaries of London from 2007 to 2010.

Wainwright was born on 19 September 1937 in Angle, Pembrokeshire, Wales. He was educated at Pembroke Dock Grammar School. He studied archaeology at the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire in Cardiff, and graduated with a first class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1958. He undertook postgraduate research in "the Mesolithic cultures of south-west Wales" at the UCL Institute of Archaeology, completing his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1961.

From 1961 to 1963, Wainwright was professor of environmental archaeology at the University of Baroda in India. He then joined the Inspectorate of Ancient Monuments, English Heritage, serving as an inspector from 1963 to 1980, a principal inspector from 1980 to 1990, and as Chief Archaeologist from 1989 to 1999. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Southampton since 1991, and was a visiting professor at the UCL Institute of Archaeology from 1995 to 2005.

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