Basil John Wait Brown (22 January 1888 – 12 March 1977) was an English archaeologist and astronomer. Self-taught, he discovered and excavated a 6th-century...
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which lacks historical documentation. The site was first excavated by Basil Brown, a self-taught archaeologist, under the auspices of the landowner Edith...
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Basil W. Brown (March 20, 1927 – October 30, 1997) was an American politician and lawyer. Born in Vandalia, Michigan, Brown moved with his family to Battle...
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Basil (/ˈbæzəl/ BAZ-əl, US also /ˈbeɪzəl/ BAY-zəl; Ocimum basilicum /ˈɒsɪməm bəˈzɪlɪkəm/ OSS-im-əm bə-ZIL-ik-əm), also called great basil, is a culinary...
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whose land the Sutton Hoo ship burial was discovered after she hired Basil Brown, a local excavator and amateur archeologist, to find out if anything...
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Suffolk landowner Edith Pretty hires local self-taught archaeologist Basil Brown to tackle the large burial mounds at her rural estate in Sutton Hoo near...
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in the British drama film The Dig playing the Suffolk archaeologist Basil Brown alongside Carey Mulligan and Lily James. The film received positive reviews...
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Gifford Lectures website Obituary of Basil Mitchell, The Daily Telegraph, 14 July 2011 David Brown (2013). "Basil George Mitchell, 1917–2011," Biographical...
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Mrs. Piggott is particularly emphasised. Although she did not lead Basil Brown's excavation, she was the first of the excavators to discover gold items...
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June 1938, Pretty employed Basil Brown to undertake the excavation of a range of burial mounds on the estate, leading to Brown's discovery in May 1939 of...
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