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Obituary Eric Birley Eric Birley Was Born at Eccles in Lancashire on 12 January 1906 and Was Educated at Clifton College and at Brasenose College, Oxford Proc SocAntiq Scot, (1995)5 12 , xiii-xvi Obituary Eric Birley Eric Birley was born at Eccles in Lancashire on 12 January 1906 and was educated at Clifton College and at Brasenose College, Oxford. Here he fell under the spell of R G Collingwood and, as an undergraduate, went to excavate on Hadrian's Wall in 1927. Eric's first dig was at Birdoswald thers anwa 192n ei t d i 8 tha learne h t obtained t ha tha e h t dfirsa Greatsn i t . Following graduation spene h briea t f period workin Societe th r f gAntiquariefo yo f Londonso , observing construction work in the City of London, before returning north to take up the post of Director of the Durham University Excavation Committee electes 193n I .wa e 2d Felloa h Societe th f w o f Antiquarie yo s of Scotland, demonstratin s commitmenghi Scottiso t t h archaeolog compoundiny yb r lifegn fo I . 1980 Eric Birley was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Society. In 1929 Birleteae parth s m f y wa o texcavatin t Birdoswalga d during whic inscriptiono htw s were discovered. These two stones (RIB 1909 and 1912) led to a re-dating of the Wall periods. Although Simpsodirectoe e th 192 th s f 9nwa o r excavation s Birle brougho wa t ywh i , e th t significance of these inscriptions to public attention. His elucidation of the four Wall periods has formed the basis of all subsequent work on the chronology of Hadrian's Wall. Eric Birley's definitio Wale th immediatf ln o na period o t d sle e rejoinder fro r GeorgmSi e Macdonald. Macdonald, then aged 68 and a figure of immense authority, took the 24-year-old to task, chiding him on the accuracy of his scholarship and differing on the interpretation of the evidence relating to the governorship of Julius Verus (AD 155-8). The Hadrian's Wall periods enunciate Birley db chronologe n 193yi th d 0le f thayo t frontief synchroneito t ou r y with that propose Scottisy db h archaeologist Antonine th r sfo e Wall thad an ,t differenc remaio t s r wa nefo ove years0 r4 . The first clash took place in what was to become Birley's home territory, the pages of Archaeologia Aeliana, journae Societe th th f o lAntiquarief yo Newcastlf so e upon Tyne whicf o , h Macdonald was an Honorary Fellow. The next was on neutral ground: the Journal of Roman Studies. In The Roman Wall in Scotland, the second edition of which was published in 1934, Macdonald refined his position on the end of the first occupation of Scotland, placing it about AD 104-6, in the reign of Trajan. Davies Pryce and Eric Birley, using the evidence of samian ware, argued for a date before the end of the first century. In 1937 Macdonald returned to the fray, citing the literary evidence to support his preference for a Trajanic date. The following year, Davies Pryce and Birley brought literary sources, coins, pottery, and the evidence of the structures, to support their view. They failed to persuade Macdonald, as was demonstrated by the final paper in seriee th s which appeare Journale th n di of Roman Studies 1939n i . In the meantime, Birley and Macdonald had taken up the cudgels about another problem, the f occupatioo d foren e t Birrense th a t datt th na f ostensible eo Th . e starting poin Macdonald's wa t s discussion of Birrens and the Antonine Itinerary in The Roman Wall in Scotland; this had led Birle staro yt t excavatin t Birrenga 1936n I suspecsi t bu , t tha t deepea ther s ewa r reason. Since 1930, Birley had extended his views about the Wall periods to other sites, including Corbridge; now he wished to test them on an outpost fort. At Birrens, Birley proved, to his own satisfaction, XIV SOCIET ANTIQUARIEF YO SCOTLANDF SO , 1995 tha occupatioe tth n continued int thire oth d century. Macdonald, reviewin 189e gth 5 excavations sa wel thoss a l Birleyy eb , preferre earlien da r abandonment. finae Th l score migh drawrenderea e eachn b tl d thes wi Al an .,e e don discussion s were about problems whic e equallhar y relevant today s onli t I y. wit publicatioe hth f Hobley'no s assessment of the coin evidence that we can see that the present evidence suggests a date of about AD 87 for the abandonment of Agricola's conquests, closer to Birley's preferred date than to Macdonald's Birrensn O . , Professor Robertson's excavations have supported Macdonald's viewt I . would be a brave person who believed that the chronology of the second century had been finally determined. The disputations between Birley and Macdonald ended with the outbreak of war, and with Macdonald's deat n 1940hi . Durin e 1930gth s Birley excavate t severada lr besido site n o se Hadrian's Wall, including Vindolanda (he placed the fort in the care of the Office of Works in 1939) civie th , l settlemen t Housesteadsa t numbea d an ,f turret o r milecastlesd an s s wela , s a l examining the structure of the Wall itself. After Birrens he excavated at Carzield in 1939 with lan Richmond. The two also began to re-examine Corbridge, commencing in 1936 a series of excavations which continued (later under John Gillam) until 1973. The reports on these excavations were published regularly in the pages of the local journals and Birley's views were disseminate widea o dt r audience throug s guide-bookhhi Housesteadso t s , Corbridged an , Chesters. While undertaking a busy excavating programme, Birley was also developing other interests: pottery, epigraphy and the Roman army. The latter two were combined in a paper published in our Proceedings n 1936i : 'Marcus Cocceius Firmus epigraphin a : c study' alse H .o developes dhi foreign contacts, visiting the Continent regularly. It was appropriate therefore that he had to be summoned home from Berli 1939n ni , ostensibl telegraa y yb m frorealit n i wifes mt hi bu y, from r OfficeWa e . th Birle r servicy spenwa s Militarn ei hi t y Intelligence duties Hi . s wer examino et careere eth s and promotion f Germao s n army officerdetermino t d an smonitod ean strengthe th r , distribution and movements of the German army. He was head of Military Intelligence Research and ended the War GermaChieas the of f n Military Document Section, wit ran hthe Lieutenant-Colonel kof In . an article in the Evening Standard (24 November 1995) Milton Shulman recorded that 'Eric Birley was pre-eminent among those who gave our commanders the information needed to defeat Hitler'. After victory, Birley was able to check his figures against the evidence of captured German documents. These demonstrated that his estimate (made in 1940) was correct, even though this was because one division had been destroyed and another, unknown to him, had been formed. An archaeologist when he left for war in 1939, Birley returned, fortified by his wartime experience brilliana s a , t analys interpreted an t Romae th f o r nRomaf o arm d yan n military affairs. Virtuall onls yhi y excavation thereafte annuae th s l wa rtrainin g excavatio t Corbridgena . Birley left directioe th excavatioe th f no colleaguess hi o nt , concentratin findse th n ,go samian continuino gt be his primary interest. Birle beed yha n appointe lectureshia o dt t Armstronpa g College, the Newcastlne parth f o t e divisio f Durhano m University, movin Durhao gt s n appointem1935i wa e ;h d Readen i r Archaeolog Romad yan n Frontier Studie n 1943i s . There n 1947i , became ,h e Vice-Mastef o r Hatfield College, succeedin Mastes ga 1949n i r . Hatfiel dirn i es straitsdwa t Birlebu , y turnee dth situation round, effectively becoming the second founder of the college. He served as Master until 1956 when Durham awarde personaa m dhi l chai Roman-Britisn ri h Archaeology. It was during his pre-War visits to Germany that Birley had conceived the idea of a meeting of scholars intereste Roman di n frontiers Congrese th : f Romaso n Frontier Studies outbreae Th . k OBITUARY XV postpono t s wa s inauguratior eit oWa f n until 1949 ,s hel whe Newcastln wa di t ni e upon Tyne. Sixteen meetings of the Congress have now been held, including the Xllth at Stirling in 1979. The gatherings have met Birley's aims of bringing together scholars to inform their colleagues and to discuss matters of common interest. Althoug e operateh Europeaa n do n stage e archaeologth , f northeryo n England always claimed s attentionmuchi f ho servee H . Cumberlane dth Westmorland dan d Societ Editos it s ya r yearfo0 1 r s (1948-57) durind an , 195e gth 9 Pilgrimag f Hadrian'eo s WalPresidens wa l f boto t h e Societth f Antiquarieo y f Newcastlo s e upon Tyne (1957-9 e Cumberlanth d an ) d an d Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society (1957-60). His handbook for the Pilgrimage, delayed owing to problems in the print industry, was to be enlarged into Research on Hadrian's Wall (Kendal, 1961). From 195 s Presiden 9o 196t wa Architecturae e th 3h f o t d an l Archaeological Societ Durhaf yo Northumberlandd man . XVI I SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND, 1995 Birley contributed regularly to journals on both sides of the Anglo-Scottish border.
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