Francis Buckley (1881-1948) was a

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...

officer and

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

whose work helped in the development of

Mesolithic The Mesolithic (Greek: μέσος, ''mesos'' 'middle' + λίθος, ''lithos'' 'stone') or Middle Stone Age is the Old World archaeological period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic. The term Epipaleolithic is often used synonymous ...

studies. His work on collecting, recording and classifying findings, marked an early use of scientific techniques. Many items from his wide collection were donated to Gallery Oldham between 1926 and 1948.

Selected publications

* Buckley, F. (1919–22). Finds of Flint Implements in The Red Line Trenches At Coigneux, 1918. ''Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia'' 3: 380–388. * Buckley, Francis. (1920). ''A microlithic industry: Marsden, Yorkshire''. London: Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. * Buckley, Francis. (1920). ''Recollections of the Great War : three years on campaign in France and Flanders with the Northumberland Fusiliers'' - Reprinted (2015) By Pen & Sword Military * Buckley, F. (1922). Yorkshire Gravers. ''Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia'', 3(4), 542–547. * Buckley, F. (1924). ''A Microlithic Industry of the Pennine Chain: Related to the Tardenoise of Belgium''. * Buckley, Francis. (1925). ''A History of old English glass''. London: Benn. * Buckley, Francis. (1926). ''Old London goldsmiths, 1666-1706''. Uppermill: Moore and Edwards.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Buckley, Francis 1881 births 1948 deaths British Army personnel of World War I 20th-century British archaeologists