Basil Brown

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amateur archaeologist archaeologist astronomer human self-taught scholar

Basil Brown is a self-taught English archaeologist and astronomer best known for excavating the Sutton Hoo ship burial in 1939.

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Basil Brown canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf amateur archaeologist ⓘ
archaeologist ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
human ⓘ
self-taught scholar ⓘ
burialPlace St Mary’s Churchyard, Rickinghall, Suffolk ⓘ
collaboratedWith Charles Phillips ⓘ
Edith Pretty ⓘ
Ipswich Museum staff ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1888-01-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1977-03-12 ⓘ
describedAs self-taught English archaeologist and astronomer ⓘ
educatedAt self-taught ⓘ
employer Ipswich Museum ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
familyName Brown ⓘ
fieldOfWork archaeology ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
local history ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Basil ⓘ
hasNotableAchievement uncovering one of the most important early medieval archaeological finds in Europe at Sutton Hoo ⓘ
hasWorkLocation Rickinghall ⓘ
surface form: Rickinghall, Suffolk
knownFor discovering the Sutton Hoo ship burial ⓘ
leading the 1939 excavation at Sutton Hoo ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
name Basil Brown self-link ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
notableWork excavation of the Sutton Hoo ship burial ⓘ
occupation archaeologist ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
excavator ⓘ
participatedIn 1939 Sutton Hoo excavation ⓘ
placeOfActivity Suffolk ⓘ
Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England ⓘ
surface form: Sutton Hoo
placeOfBirth Bucklesham, Suffolk, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath Ipswich, Suffolk, England ⓘ
portrayedBy Ralph Fiennes ⓘ
residence Rickinghall ⓘ
surface form: Rickinghall, Suffolk
spouse Dorothy May Oldfield ⓘ
subjectOf The Dig ⓘ
surface form: The Dig (2021 film)

The Dig ⓘ
surface form: The Dig (novel)
workedOn Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England ⓘ
surface form: Sutton Hoo archaeological site

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The Dig → character → Basil Brown ⓘ
Sutton Hoo treasure → discoveredBy → Basil Brown ⓘ
Sutton Hoo treasure → excavatedBy → Basil Brown ⓘ
Edith Pretty → employed → Basil Brown ⓘ
Edith Pretty → collaboratedWith → Basil Brown ⓘ
Basil Brown → name → Basil Brown self-link ⓘ