Vera Conlon
Vera Marjorie Conlon (née Drake, 12 August 1906 - 23 January 1994)[1] was a British archaeological photographer who is noted for her work at the UCL Institute of Archaeology and for publishing a textbook about photographic techniques for archaeologists.
Life
[edit]Conlon was born in Streatham in Surrey as Vera Marjorie Drake.[2] She was known by the nickname "Connie".[3]
She was one of the early women employees at the UCL Institute of Archaeology in London.[3] She worked as the Head of the Photography Department.[4] She retired in 1971.[3] After retiring, she published Camera Techniques in Archaeology, a textbook for archaeologists, in 1973.[5][6] It became a notable work about the specific photographic techniques required for field archaeology.[7]
She died in 1994 in Swanage, Dorset.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ 1939 Register, Ref: RG 101/1398B, Ancestry, Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ 1911 England Census, RD 26, ED 34, PN 2319, Ancestry, Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ a b c d Pye, Elizabeth (16 November 2015). "From the Archives: Women of the Early Institute". Archaeology International. 18 (1). doi:10.5334/ai.1817. ISSN 2048-4194.
- ^ Chapman, John (13 October 2021). A Life in Balkan Archaeology. Oxbow Books. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-78925-732-8.
- ^ Conlon, Vera M. (1973). Camera Techniques in Archaeology. J. Baker. ISBN 978-0-212-98422-0.
- ^ Pasternak, Gil (13 August 2020). The Handbook of Photography Studies. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-21307-2.
- ^ Woodhead, A. G. (2 January 1968). The Study of Greek Inscriptions. CUP Archive. p. 84.
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