Maxwell Graham Hebditch (born 22 August 1937) was

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of the

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in London, England. He was born on 22 August 1937 in the Yeovil area, the son of Harold and Lily (née Bartle) Hebditch. 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 become Director of the Guildhall Museum and from 1977 to 1997 was director of the new Museum of London. He was also president of the UK

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; and from 1977 to 1979 president of the

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. In 2000, after retiring from the Museum of London, he became honorary curator at the Philpot Museum in

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and was Chair of the Taunton Cultural Consortium. He now lives in Dorchester.

Selected works

* 1958 ''Towards the future of London's past''. * 1968 ''Excavations on the medieval defences, Portwall Lane, Bristol, 1965'' * 1973 ''The Forum and Basilica of Roman Leicester''

References

1937 births Living people English architectural historians Directors of the Museum of London English curators Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London {{England-bio-stub