Mary Kitson-Clark

Mary Kitson Clark FSA
Kitson Clark in 1940
Born	Anna Mary Hawthorn Kitson Clark (1905-05-14)14 May 1905 Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Died	1 February 2005(2005-02-01) (aged 99) Môr Awel, Llangwnnadl, Gwynedd, Wales
Nationality	British
Occupation	Independent scholar archaeologist curator
Spouse(s)	Derwas Chitty (m. 1943–71)
Children	1
Academic background
Education	Leeds Girls' High School
Alma mater	Girton College, Cambridge
Academic work
Discipline	Archaeology
Sub discipline	Roman Britain Roman Archaeology Natufian culture
Institutions	Roman Antiquities Committee for Yorkshire Yorkshire Museum Yorkshire Philosophical Society
Notable works	A Gazetteer of Roman Remains in East Yorkshire (1935)

Anna Mary Hawthorn Kitson Clark, FSA (14 May 1905 – 1 February 2005), married name Mary Chitty, was a British archaeologist, curator, and independent scholar. She specialised in the archaeology of Romano-British Northern England but was also involved in excavations outside the United Kingdom and the Roman period. Her 1935 work, A Gazetteer of Roman Remains in East Yorkshire, "remains one of the starting points for any study of the Romans in the north of England".

Kitson Clark was born on 14 May 1905 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. She was the youngest of three children born to Edwin Kitson Clark (1866–1943) and Georgina Kitson Clark (née Bidder); an elder brother was the historian George Kitson Clark. Her paternal grandfather was Edwin Charles Clark, Regius Professor of Civil Law at Cambridge University, and her maternal great-grandfather was George Parker Bidder, an eminent engineer.

Kitson Clark was first educated at home and then at Leeds Girls' High School, a selective independent school in Leeds. She then matriculated into Girton College, Cambridge to study the history tripos. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree, she remained at the University of Cambridge to study for the one-year diploma in archaeology.