Philip Corder (–29 May 1961) was a British archaeologist and curator, and president (1954-1957) of the

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Biography

Corder was Master of

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, where he taught English, before becoming the curator of

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. Corder was elected as an Honorary member of the

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in 1940. He served as the Assistant Secretary to the

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from 1943-1961, with which he was a Fellow. Corder appeared in four episodes of the 1950s panel show ''

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'' between 1955 and 1957.

Excavations

Corder undertook the first excavations at the Roman fort at Malton (''

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)'' in 1927–1930, along with his colleague Dr John Kirk. The material from this excavation formed the core collection of the Malton Museum in

Malton, North Yorkshire Malton is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the town is the location of the offices of Ryedale District Council and has a population of around 13,000 ...

. Corder and Kirk also undertook a series of excavation at the Roman

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at Langton. In 1928 Corder published the results of his major excavations of a kiln site at

Crambeck Crambeck near Crambe and Malton in Yorkshire is near the River Derwent. History Roman Crambeck is famous in antiquity as having been the Roman ceramic kiln site that lends its name to the locally produced Crambeck Ware pottery. Excavations i ...

in North Yorkshire.Corder, P. 1928. ''The Roman Pottery at Crambeck, Castle Howard'' (Roman Malton and District Report no.1). York: William Sessions The Crambeck excavations, undertaken in autumn 1926 and summer and autumn of 1927 with students of

, identified three types of pottery uniquely produced at the site, now known as

Crambeck Ware Crambeck Ware is a type of Romano-British ceramic produced in North Yorkshire primarily in the 4th Century AD.Monaghan, G. 1997.''Roman Pottery from York'' (Archaeology of York Series 16/8). York: York Archaeological Trust. pp903-906 Site The C ...

Publications

* Corder, P. 1928. ''The Roman Pottery at Crambeck, Castle Howard''. Roman Malton and District Report 1 * Corder, P. 1930. ''The Defences of the Roman Fort at Malton''. Roman Malton and District Report 2 * Corder, P. and Kirk, J. L. 1932. ''A Roman villa at Langton, E. Yorkshire.'' Roman Malton and District Report 4 * Corder, P. 1941. ''Verulamium, 1930-40''. Verulamium Museum Publications No. 2

References

British archaeologists Year of birth missing 1960 deaths Scholars of ancient Roman pottery Presidents of the Royal Archaeological Institute Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London Members of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society British curators {{UK-archaeologist-stub