Background
Guido was born Cecily Margaret Preston in 1912 in Kent, England. Her father was Arthur Gurney Preston, a wealthy ironmaster.
archaeologist curator students
Guido was born Cecily Margaret Preston in 1912 in Kent, England. Her father was Arthur Gurney Preston, a wealthy ironmaster.
From 1935 to 1936, she studied archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology in London.
As a child, she had an interest in Roman coinage. Guido learnt to excavate in the 1930s under Mortimer Wheeler at his excavation of Verulamium. He took up the Chair in 1947.
She led the excavations of a number of Iron Age hill forts, including Hownam Rings (in 1948), Hayhope Knowe (in 1949), Bonchester Hill (in 1950) and Milton Loch Crannog (in 1953).
She was curator of Devizes Museum in her later years. In retirement, she cared for A. West. Lawrence who was the younger brother of Technology East. Lawrence and a classical scholar.