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Thursday 23 December 2004

Royal Comission on Ancient and Histroical Momuments in Wales

23 December 2004

The Queen has been pleased to approve the re-appointments of Dr Llinos Smith, David Crossley and John Newman as Commissioners of the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales for a period of four years until 27 February 2010.

Biographical details

Dr Llinos Smith is a senior lecturer at the Department of History and Welsh History at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth and has been involved in teaching and research on the social, economic and legal history of late medieval Wales.

David Crossley is the former Reader in Economic History at the University of Sheffield. He is an industrial historian and archaeologist of international standing, particularly with regard to metal and glass manufacture. A pioneer of archaeological excavation on industrial sites since the 1960’s, he has carried out research throughout Europe including Wales.

John Newman is Reader in the History of Art and formerly Deputy Director at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, where he specialises in post-medieval British architecture. He is advisory editor to the Pevsner Architectural Guides and author of the volumes on Glamorgan (1995) and Gwent.  

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