John Spencer Purvis Bradford

John Spencer Purvis Bradford SA, RAI (28 August 1918 - 12 August 1975) was an archaeologist and a pioneer in landscape archaeology and the use of aerial photography.

He was born in Ealing and studied at Christ Church, Oxford University. During the Second World War he was stationed at San Severo, Italy as part of the Mediterranean Allied Photographic Reconnaissance Wing, starting in January 1943 where he analysed photographs taken by the RAF.[1][2] In 1947, he was appointed University Demonstrator and Lecturer in Ethnology at the Pitt Rivers Museum.[3] He worked in various projects in Italy, Greece and Cyprus that revolved around aerial photography and land surveys.[4][5]

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References

  1. ^ "Bradford, Capt. John S. P. | Monuments Men Foundation". MonumentsMenFdn. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  2. ^ Joseph, J. K. St (1958). "J. S. P. Bradford, Ancient Landscapes: Studies in field archaeology. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1957. Pp. xvii, 297, with 75 plates and 25 text-figs. £4 4s". The Journal of Roman Studies. 48 (1–2): 201–202. doi:10.2307/298239. ISSN 1753-528X. JSTOR 298239. S2CID 162692848.
  3. ^ "The Other Within, Analysing the English Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum". england.prm.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  4. ^ Radcliffe, Francesca (2005). "J. S. P. Bradford 1918–1975" (PDF). AARGnews. 31: 9–16.
  5. ^ Wilkinson, Toby C. (2008). "Falling out of an Aircraft: Aerovisualism and the Aerial Photography of J.S.P. Bradford". Visual Anthropology. 21 (1): 18–38. doi:10.1080/08949460701688924. ISSN 0894-9468. S2CID 146333149.


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