Andrew White

ANDREW WHITE was Head of Lancaster City Museums for the past 18 years, following a dozen years in the museum services of Middlesborough and Lincoln. He has an MA in Classics from Lancaster University and a PhD in Archaeology from Nottingham Univerity. He is a Fellow of the Museums Association and of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Married, with three grown-up children, he lives in the Lune valley. In his spare time he writes, lectures and broadcasts on local history. He is the author of several books on Roman archaeology and on Georgian and Victorian architecture, as well as works on more general local history and many articles in journals. Previous books published under the Phillimore imprint include Lancaster: A Pictorial History and A History of Whitby.