Max Hebditch

1937

London, England

He was appointed the first Field Archaeologist of Leicester Museum service from 1961 to 1965, when he was made Assistant Curator of Archaeology at Bristol Museum, becoming their Curator of Agriculture and Social History in 1969. In 1970 he moved to London to became Director of the Guildhall Museum and from 1977 to 1997 was director of the new Museum of London. He was also president of the United Kingdom Museums Association. In 2000, after retiring from the Museum of London, he became honorary curator at the Philpot Museum in Lyme Regis, Dorset and was Chair of the Taunton Cultural Consortium. He now lives in Dorchester.

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He was born on 22 August 1937 in the Yeovil area, the son of Harold and Lily (née Bartle) Hebditch.

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He was appointed the first Field Archaeologist of Leicester Museum service from 1961 to 1965, when he was made Assistant Curator of Archaeology at Bristol Museum, becoming their Curator of Agriculture and Social History in 1969. In 1970 he moved to London to became Director of the Guildhall Museum and from 1977 to 1997 was director of the new Museum of London. He was also president of the United Kingdom Museums Association.

In 2000, after retiring from the Museum of London, he became honorary curator at the Philpot Museum in Lyme Regis, Dorset and was Chair of the Taunton Cultural Consortium.

He now lives in Dorchester.

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