Nancy Edwards

{{short description|British archaeologist and academic|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{EngvarB|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox academic | honorific_prefix = Professor | name = Nancy Edwards | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|FSA|FBA|FLSW|size=100%}} | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Nancy Margaret Edwards | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1954|1|8}} | birth_place = Portsmouth, Hampshire, England | death_date =  | death_place = | death_cause = | region = | period = | occupation = | title = Professor of Medieval Archaeology | boards =  | known_for = | spouse = | children = | era = | discipline = Archaeology | sub_discipline = Medieval archaeology Archaeology of Britain Archaeology of Ireland Early medieval Wales Medieval inscribed stones and stone sculpture Early medieval church History of archaeology | movement =  | religion =  | denomination =  | education = Portsmouth High School | alma_mater = University of Liverpool Durham University | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | school_tradition = | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | notable_students =  | main_interests = | workplaces = Bangor University | notable_works = | notable_ideas = | influences =  | influenced =  | awards =  | website = | footnotes = }} '''Nancy Margaret Edwards''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|FSA|FBA|FLSW|size=100%|sep=,}} (born 8 January 1954) is a British archaeologist and academic, who specialises in medieval archaeology and ecclesiastical history. From 2008 to 2020, she was Professor of Medieval Archaeology at Bangor University;<ref name="bio - Bangor">{{cite web|title=Profile of Professor Nancy Edwards BA (Liv) PhD (Dunelm) FSA FLSW|url=https://www.bangor.ac.uk/history/about_the_school/staff/lecture_staff/nancy_edwards/index.php.en|website=School of History, Welsh History and Archaeology|publisher=Bangor University|access-date=29 July 2016|archive-date=10 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510135835/https://www.bangor.ac.uk/history/about_the_school/staff/lecture_staff/nancy_edwards/index.php.en|url-status=dead}}</ref> having retired, she is now emeritus professor.<ref name="emeritus Bangor">{{cite web |title=Professor Nancy Edwards |url=https://www.bangor.ac.uk/staff/shlss/nancy-edwards-016338/en |website=Bangor University |access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref>

==Early life and education== Edwards was born on 8 January 1954 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England to David Cyril Bonner Edwards and Ann Edwards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-275790|title=Edwards, Prof. Nancy Margaret, (born 8 Jan. 1954), Professor of Medieval Archaeology, Bangor University, since 2008 {{!}} WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO|website=www.ukwhoswho.com|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u275790|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4 |access-date=9 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="Who's Who 2017" /> She was educated at Portsmouth High School, an all-girls private school in Southsea, Portsmouth.<ref name="Who's Who 2017" /> She then studied archaeology, ancient history, and medieval history at the University of Liverpool, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1976.<ref name="Who's Who 2017" /> She undertook postgraduate research in archaeology at Durham University, and completed her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1982.<ref name="bio - Bangor" /><ref name="Who's Who 2017">{{cite web|title=EDWARDS, Prof. Nancy Margaret|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U275790|website=Who's Who 2017|publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=9 January 2017|date=November 2016}}</ref> Her doctoral thesis was titled "A reassessment of the early medieval stone crosses and related sculpture of Offaly, Kilkenny and Tipperary".<ref name="The British Library Board">{{cite journal|last1=Edwards|first1=Nancy|title=A reassessment of the early medieval stone crosses and related sculpture of Offaly, Kilkenny and Tipperary|url=http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.331584|website=E-Thesis Online Service|access-date=30 April 2018|year=1982}}</ref>

==Academic career== Edwards has spent all her academic career at Bangor University (or its predecessors University College of North Wales and University of Wales, Bangor).<ref name="Who's Who 2017" /> She was a lecturer from 1979 to 1992, a senior lecturer from 1992 to 1999, and a reader from 1999 to 2008.<ref name="Who's Who 2017" /> In 2008, she was appointed Professor of Medieval Archaeology.<ref name="bio - Bangor" /> She retired in December 2020, and was made emeritus professor.<ref name="emeritus Bangor" />

In addition to her full-time positions at Bangor, Edwards has held a number of temporary visiting appointments. She was a visiting fellow at Clare Hall, Cambridge in 1991 and at All Souls College, Oxford in 2007. She was the O'Donnell Lecturer in Celtic Studies at the University of Oxford in 1999/2000; lecturing on "Early Medieval Stones and Stone Sculpture in Wales: Context and Connections".<ref name="Who's Who 2017" /><ref>{{cite web|title=O'Donnell Lectures|url=https://www.english.ox.ac.uk/odonnell-lectures|website=Faculty of English Language & Literature|publisher=University of Oxford|access-date=9 January 2017}}</ref>

Edwards is Chair of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-53435217|title=What do Medieval carved stones and Celtic crosses in Wales symbolise?|date=18 July 2020|author=Neil Prior|access-date=18 July 2020}}</ref> She also served as the Chair of the Gwynedd Archaeological Trust from 2004 until 2018.

==Personal life== In 1983, Edwards married Anthony Huw Pryce.<ref name="Who's Who 2017" /> Together they have one son.<ref name="Who's Who 2017" />

==Honours== On 4 May 1989, Edwards was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA).<ref>{{cite web|title=Edwards|url=https://www.sal.org.uk/about-us/fellows-directory/?fs=Edwards|website=Fellows Directory|publisher=Society of Antiquaries of London|access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref> In 2012, she was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (FLSW).<ref>{{cite web|title=Yr Athro Nancy Edwards|url=https://www.learnedsociety.wales/fellow/nancy-edwards/|website=Fellows List|publisher=The Learned Society of Wales|access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref> In July 2016, she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the UK's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences.<ref>{{cite web|title=British Academy announces new President and elects 66 new Fellows|url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/news/british-academy-announces-new-president-and-elects-66-new-fellows|website=The British Academy|access-date=18 July 2016|date=15 July 2016}}</ref>

==Selected works== {{scholia|author}} * {{cite book |editor1-last=Edwards |editor1-first=Nancy |editor2-last=Lane |editor2-first=Alan |title=Early medieval settlements in Wales A.D.400–1100: a critical reassessment and gazetteer of the archaeological evidence for secular settlements in Wales |date=1988 |publisher=U.C.N.W. Research Centre Wales |location=Bangor |isbn=978-0951183410}} * {{cite book |last1=Edwards |first1=Nancy |title=The archaeology of early medieval Ireland |date=1990 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |isbn=978-0812230857}} * {{cite book |editor1-last=Edwards |editor1-first=Nancy |title=The early church in Wales and the west: recent work in early Christian archaeology, history and place names |date=1992 |publisher=Oxbow Books |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0946897377}} * {{cite book |editor1-last=Edwards |editor1-first=Nancy |title=Landscape and settlement in medieval Wales |date=1997 |publisher=Oxbow Books |location=Oxford |isbn=978-1900188364}} * {{cite book |editor1-last=Redknap |editor1-first=Mark |editor2-last=Edwards |editor2-first=Nancy |editor3-last=Youngs |editor3-first=Susan |editor4-last=Lane |editor4-first=Alan |editor5-last=Knight |editor5-first=J. |title=Pattern and purpose in insular art: proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Insular Art, held at the National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff 3–6 September 1998 |date=2001 |publisher=Oxbow Books |location=Oxford |isbn=978-1842170588}} * {{cite book |last1=Edwards |first1=Nancy |title=A corpus of early medieval inscribed stones and stone sculpture in Wales, Vol II: South-West Wales |date=2007 |publisher=University of Wales Press |location=Cardiff |isbn=978-0708319635}} * {{cite book |last1=Edwards |first1=Nancy |title=A corpus of early medieval inscribed stones and stone sculpture in Wales, Vol III: North Wales |date=2013 |publisher=University of Wales Press |location=Cardiff |isbn=978-0708325506}}

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