Martin Millett
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Professor Martin Millett FBA FSA |
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| Born |
Martin John Millett 30 September 1955 |
| Nationality | British |
| Awards |
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (1984) Fellow of the British Academy (2006) |
| Academic background | |
| Education |
Weydon County Secondary School Farnham College |
| Alma mater |
University College London University of Oxford |
| Thesis title | A comparative study of some contemporaneous pottery assemblages from Roman Britain |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Archaeology |
| Sub discipline | Classical archaeology |
| Institutions |
Durham University University of Southampton University of Cambridge |
Martin John Millett, FBA, FSA (born 30 September 1955) is a British archaeologist and academic. He is the Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Cambridge and a Professorial Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.
Millett was born on 30 September 1955. He was educated at Weydon County Secondary School, a state school in Wrecclesham, Farnham, and Farnham College, a sixth form college in Farnham, Surrey. He went on to study at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, graduating Bachelor of Arts (BA). He then undertook postgraduate studies at Merton College, Oxford, completing his Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 1980. His doctoral thesis was titled A comparative study of some contemporaneous pottery assemblages from Roman Britain.
Millett was assistant curator of archaeology at the Hampshire County Museums from 1980 to 1981. He then began his academic career, and joined Durham University in 1981. He was a lecturer from 1981 to 1991, and senior lecturer from 1991 to 1995. He was Professor of Archaeology between 1995 and 1998.
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