Vera Marjorie Conlon (née Drake, 12 August 1906 - 23 January 1994) was a British archaeological photographer who is noted for her work at the UCL Institute of Archaeology and for publishing a textbook about photographic techniques for archaeologists.
Life
Conlon was born in Streatham in Surrey as Vera Marjorie Drake. She was known by the nickname "Connie".
She was one of the early women employees at the UCL Institute of Archaeology in London. She worked as the Head of the Photography Department. She retired in 1971. After retiring, she published Camera Techniques in Archaeology, a textbook for archaeologists, in 1973. It became a notable work about the specific photographic techniques required for field archaeology.
She died in 1994 in Swanage, Dorset.
References
- 1939 Register, Ref: RG 101/1398B, Ancestry, Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- 1911 England Census, RD 26, ED 34, PN 2319, Ancestry, Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ Pye, Elizabeth (16 November 2015). "From the Archives: Women of the Early Institute". Archaeology International. 18 (1). doi:10.5334/ai.1817. ISSN 2048-4194.
- Chapman, John (13 October 2021). A Life in Balkan Archaeology. Oxbow Books. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-78925-732-8.
- Conlon, Vera M. (1973). Camera Techniques in Archaeology. J. Baker. ISBN 978-0-212-98422-0.
- Pasternak, Gil (13 August 2020). The Handbook of Photography Studies. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-21307-2.
- Woodhead, A. G. (2 January 1968). The Study of Greek Inscriptions. CUP Archive. p. 84.
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