Malcolm Todd
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Professor Malcolm Todd FSA |
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| Born | 27 November 1939 |
| Died | 6 June 2013 (aged 73) Exeter, Devon |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Nationality |
 United Kingdom
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| Alma mater |
St David’s College, Lampeter Brasenose College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Academic and archaeologist |
| Years active | 1963–2000 |
| Employer |
University of Nottingham (1965–1979) University of Exeter (1979–1996) University of Durham (1996–2000) |
| Title | Principal of Trevelyan College |
| Term | 1996–2000 |
| Predecessor | George Marshall |
| Successor | Nigel Martin |
| Awards | Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA) |
Malcolm Todd, FSA (27 November 1939 – 6 June 2013) was a British historian and archaeologist with an interest in the interaction between the Roman Empire and Western Europe.
Todd was born on 27 November 1939 in Durham, England, to Wilfrid Todd, a miner, and his wife Rose Evelyn Todd. He was educated at Henry Smith School, a grammar school in Hartlepool, County Durham.
Todd studied classics at the St David’s College, Lampeter, part of the University of Wales. He graduated in 1960 Bachelor of Arts (BA). He then attended Brasenose College, Oxford where he studied under Ian Richmond for a diploma in classical archaeology (DipArchaeol). He achieved a distinction.
In 1963 Todd went to work as a research assistant at the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn in Germany, where he remained for two years. In 1965 he became a lecturer at the University of Nottingham. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1974 and to Reader in Archaeology in 1977. At Nottingham he undertook excavations of Roman Ancaster, East Bridgford and medieval Newark.
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