Jennifer Price

A. Jennifer Price (1940 - 16 May 2019) was an archaeologist and academic, specialising in the study of Roman glass. She was professor emerita in the department of archaeology at Durham University. Early life Price was from a family of glassmakers in Stourbridge. She initially attended evening classes in archaeology whilst at secondary school and excavated with Graham Webster in her free time. Career She briefly left archaeology, working for the civil service before qualifying as a barrister in 1963. From 1963 to 1966 she worked on excavations in Italy and Masada, Israel. Whilst at Masada she learned how to reconstruct and study Roman glass vessels. She subsequently gained her bachelor's degree in archaeology from Cardiff University in 1969. From 1969 to 1972, Price was in Spain undertaking her PhD research into Roman glass. She was awarded her PhD in 1982 from Cardiff University, with her thesis on 'Roman Glass in Spain'. Price worked in the British Museum from 1972 to 1973 before returning to Cardiff to teach prehistory. In 1977 she became the Keeper of the Salisbury Museum. In 1980 she became Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Leeds. In 1990 she moved to Durham University where she taught provincial Roman archaeology, eventually earning a personal chair in the department of archaeology as well as serving as the head of the department for three years. Price was a longstanding member of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society and served on its council and house & finance committee. She served as the Chair of Roman Archaeology Section of the society from 1991 to 2008, succeeding Herman Ramm in the post.