Background
Martin Biddle was born on June 4, 1937, in North Harrow, United Kingdom, to Reginald S. Biddle and Gwladys F. Baker.
2011
Martin Biddle looking at the model of Nonsuch
Large group of WEC committee members Katherine Barclay, Professor Martin Biddle, Clare Chapman, Barbara Bryant, Susanne Haselgrove and Fred Lyon
Martin Biddle, the mayor Jane Rutter and Prof Barbara Yorke
Mayoral dinner in honour of Prof Martin Biddle's 80th birthday at Abbey House. Prof Biddle, front left, and the Mayor David McLean
Professor Biddle with his daughters Solvej (left) and Signe (right).
Sandy Lodge, Moor Park, Northwood HA6 2HT, United Kingdom
Martin Biddle attended Merchant Taylors’ School in Northwood.
Cambridge CB2 1RF, UK
In 1965, Biddle received a Master of Arts from Pembroke College in Cambridge.
Oxford OX1 2JD, UK
Biddle received a Master of Arts from Oxford University in 1967.
Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Biddle received a Master of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania in 1977.
WEC Director Professor Martin Biddle, broadcaster and historian Michael Wood, Chairman of WEC Barbara Bryant and WEC Vice-Chairman Rupert Nabarr
(London and Winchester were not described in the Domesday ...)
London and Winchester were not described in the Domesday Book, but the royal properties in Winchester were surveyed for Henry I about 1110 and the whole city was surveyed for Bishop Henry of Blois in 1148. These two surveys survive in a single manuscript, known as the Winton Domesday, and constitute the earliest and by far the most detailed description of an English or European town of the early Middle Ages.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Winchester-Early-Middle-Ages-Discussion/dp/0198131690/?tag=prabook0b-20
1977
(Over six thousand objects were recovered during the Winch...)
Over six thousand objects were recovered during the Winchester excavations of 1961 to 1971 - by far the most extensive corpus of stratified and datable medieval objects yet presented from a single city. Martin Biddle and the team of eighty-three contributors assembled by the Winchester Research Unit have used this material to investigate not only the industries and arts, but the economic, cultural, and social life of medieval Winchester.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Artefacts-Medieval-Winchester-Economy-Mediaeval/dp/0198131755/?tag=prabook0b-20
1990
(Using results of an investigation and a collection of ill...)
Using results of an investigation and a collection of illustrations, this book explores the site of the tomb of Christ in Jerusalem. It examines the site in detail, its appearance, and the destructions and rebuildings through the years.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tomb-Christ-Martin-Biddle/dp/0750925256/?tag=prabook0b-20
1999
(More than 250 full-color photographs complement a fascina...)
More than 250 full-color photographs complement a fascinating look at Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the most popular pilgrimage site in Christiandom, in a study that explores the Church's history, the various Christian communities associated with it, and its rich architectural development.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Church-Holy-Sepulchre-Gideon-Avni/dp/0847822826/?tag=prabook0b-20
2000
(The vast wooden disk known as King Arthur's Round Table h...)
The vast wooden disk known as King Arthur's Round Table has hung on the wall of the great Hall of Winchester Castle for six hundred years. But what is it? Was it ever a table? When was it made? Why is it hanging on the wall? When was it painted with the famous image it now bears? And why at Winchester? In 1976 the Round Table was taken down from the wall and thoroughly examined by a team of historians and scientists assembled by Martin Biddle, and its history began to emerge.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/King-Arthurs-Round-Table-Archaeological/dp/0851156266/?tag=prabook0b-20
2001
anthropologist archaeologist educator
Martin Biddle was born on June 4, 1937, in North Harrow, United Kingdom, to Reginald S. Biddle and Gwladys F. Baker.
Martin Biddle attended Merchant Taylors’ School in Northwood. In 1965, he received a Master of Arts from Pembroke College in Cambridge, a Master of Arts from Oxford University in 1967, and a Master of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania in 1977.
From 1961 to 1963, Martin Biddle worked as an assistant inspector of ancient monuments at Ministry of Public Buildings and Works. Then, from 1963 to 1967, he was a lecturer in medieval archeology at the University of Exeter and visiting fellow at All Souls College from 1967 to 1968.
From 1977 to 1981, Biddle also was a director and professor of anthropology and of history of art at the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania. From 1983 to 1986, he was a lecturer of the House at Christ Church and became a professor of archeology from the University of Oxford in 1997. Currently, he is an emeritus fellow of Hertford College, Oxford.
One of Martin Biddle’s first works involved the study of archeology of London. Co-written with Daphne Hudson and Carolyn Heighway, The Future of London’s Past was a survey of archeological efforts to unearth and discover buried historical treasures. Another work edited by Martin Biddle with Frank Barlow, and others, was Winchester in the Middle Ages: An Edition and Discussion of the Winton Domesday.
Biddle also made an effort to define what is known about the tomb of Jesus in his book The Tomb of Christ. In 2001, Biddle produced King Arthur’s Round Table: An Archeological Investigation. In it, Biddle examines the wooden disk, known as “King Arthur’s Round Table,” that has been hanging in Winchester Castle for six hundred years. He traces the history of the table and its symbol of power to the various generations.
(More than 250 full-color photographs complement a fascina...)
2000(London and Winchester were not described in the Domesday ...)
1977(Over six thousand objects were recovered during the Winch...)
1990(The vast wooden disk known as King Arthur's Round Table h...)
2001(Using results of an investigation and a collection of ill...)
1999Martin Biddle was a member of the FSA, Royal Historical Society, MIFA and Society for Medieval Archeology.
Martin Biddle married Birthe Kjoelbye in 1966. Martin has two daughters from his first marriage and two daughters from the second.