Glyn Coppack Editor & Author

Glyn Coppack is an archaeologist who has specialised in medieval monastic studies. His major excavations include Thornholme Priory in Lincolnshire, Fountains Abbey and Mount Grace Priory, both in North Yorkshire.He was an Inspector and Principal Inspector of Ancient Monuments with English Heritage and its predecessor body. He is currently a consultant archaeologist. He was awarded his PhD by the University of Nottingham in 1986. Laurence Keen began his professional career in archaeology carrying out excavations on monuments in state guardianship in advance of their conservation and display, including Mount Grace Priory where he examined seven cells and their gardens in the great cloister. He was appointed Director of the Southampton Excavation Committee in 1973, and County Archaeologist for Dorset in 1975. A consultant archaeologist, he is an international authority on medieval floor tiles. In 2000 he was awarded the OBE for services to archaeology.