What is Anthony Birley?
'''Anthony Richard Birley''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FSA}} (8 October 1937 – 19 December 2020)<ref name='Vind'>{{cite web|title=Anthony Birley 1937-2020|url=https://www.vindolanda.com/news/anthony-birley-1937-2020|date=21 December 2020|website=Vindolanda Trust|access-date=21 December 2020}}</ref> was a British [[Ancient history|ancient historian]], [[Archaeology|archaeologist]] and academic. He was born in [[Chesterholm]], [[Northumberland]]. He was known for his works to preserve the [[Vindolanda]] in Chesterholm. Birley was the Professor of Ancient History at the [[University of Manchester]] from 1974 to 1990 and at [[Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf|University of Düsseldorf]] from 1990 to 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ias.edu/scholars/anthony-r-birley |title=Anthony R. Birley |publisher=Institue of Advanced Studies |access-date=21 December 2020}}</ref> He was an Honorary Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the [[University of Durham]].<ref name='UoD'>{{cite web |url=https://www.dur.ac.uk/classics/staff/?id=7643 |title=Prof. Anthony R. Birley FSA |publisher=University of Durham |access-date=21 December 2020}}</ref> Birley died of [[lung cancer]] on 19 December 2020 in Chesterholm, aged 83.<ref name='Vind'/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Birley, Anthony}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:English historians]] [[Category:English archaeologists]] [[Category:Academics of the University of Durham]] [[Category:Writers from Northumberland]] [[Category:Academics of the University of Manchester]] {{bio-stub}}