18 Facts About David Breeze

David Breeze studied under Eric Birley and is a member of the so-called "Durham School" of archaeology.

David Breeze was a close friend and colleague of the late Dr Brian Dobson.

David Breeze attended the University of Durham, from which he was awarded his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1970.

David Breeze's thesis was titled The immunes and principales of the Roman army.

David Breeze succeeded Iain MacIvor as Chief Inspector of Ancient Monuments for Historic Scotland in 1989, serving in this role until 2005.

David Breeze is an honorary professor at the University of Durham, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and the University of Stirling.

David Breeze led the team which resulted in the Antonine Wall being ascribed as a World Heritage Site in 2008, and formed part of the group which created the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site, of which this is the first multi-national example.

David Breeze chaired the Culture 2000 project Frontiers of the Roman Empire.

David Breeze edited, with Sonja Jilek, a multi-language series of books on the frontiers of the Roman Empire.

David Breeze has served as president of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, the Royal Archaeological Institute and the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society.

David Breeze was Chairman of the British Archaeological Awards from 1993 to 2009 and of the International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies from 2000 to 2015, and the Senhouse Museum Trust, Maryport, from 2013 to 2018; he is a patron of the trust.

David Breeze was one of the founders of the Hadrianic Society in 1971, and is a patron of its successor, the Roman Army School held in Durham each Easter.

David Breeze has chaired the organising committee for the 1989,1999,2009 and 2019 Pilgrimages of Hadrian's Wall, probably the oldest archaeological tour in the UK, and edited the 14th edition of the Handbook to the Roman Wall, the oldest archaeological guide-book in the UK to have been continuously in print and up-dated.

David Breeze is a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute.

David Breeze was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by the University of Glasgow in 2008.

David Breeze was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2009.

David Breeze was awarded Current Archaeology Archaeologist of the Year award at the Archaeology Awards 2009, and the European Archaeological Heritage Prize in 2010.

In 2021, David Breeze was awarded the Kenyon Medal by the British Academy "for his outstanding contribution to the archaeology of the Roman Empire and to ensuring the inscription of the Antonine Wall as a World Heritage Site".