25 Facts About Malcolm Todd

Malcolm Todd subsequently served as a reader and professor at the University of Nottingham and the University of Exeter respectively.

Malcolm Todd retired from Durham in 2000, and subsequently dedicated himself to research and writing.

Malcolm Todd was the author and editor of several works on the archaeology of Roman Britain and the Germanic peoples in the Migration Period.

Malcolm Todd was born in Durham, England, on 27 November 1939, the son of Wilfrid Todd and Rose Evelyn Johnson.

Malcolm Todd was later awarded a Doctor of Letters degree by Lampeter.

Malcolm Todd married Molly Tanner on 2 September 1964, with whom he had a daughter and a son.

Malcolm Todd was lecturer, senior lecturer and reader in archaeology at the University of Nottingham.

Malcolm Todd became known as a capable and inspiring lecturer.

Malcolm Todd became a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute in 1977.

Malcolm Todd was visiting professor at New York University in 1979.

In 1979, Malcolm Todd was appointed professor of archaeology at the University of Exeter.

Malcolm Todd was the first archaeologist appointed a professor at Exeter since the teaching of archaeology had been established there some years earlier under Aileen Fox.

Malcolm Todd uncovered a previously unrecognised Roman occupation of the Iron Age hillfort in Hembury.

Malcolm Todd found evidence of Roman galena ore extraction at Charterhouse-on-Mendip.

Malcolm Todd was a visiting fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, in 1984.

Malcolm Todd was editor of Britannia for five years, and was later chairman of its editorial committee, which oversees the publishing of the Journal of Roman Studies.

Malcolm Todd was vice-president of the Roman Society from 1985 until his death.

Malcolm Todd was on the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England from 1986 to 1992, and on the council of the National Trust from 1987 to 1991.

Malcolm Todd was trustee of the Roman Research Trust from 1994 to 1999.

Malcolm Todd was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.

In 1996, Malcolm Todd returned to his hometown to become principal of Trevelyan College, Durham.

Malcolm Todd simultaneously held a part-time post tasked with extending the Department of Archaeology.

Malcolm Todd published the results of his excavations at Charterhouse-on-Mendip.

Malcolm Todd's bibliography includes three books about the Germanic peoples, on whom he was considered to be a leading expert.

Malcolm Todd's books covered topics related to the Roman Empire, including the Aurelian Walls, Roman currency, populated places of Britain, Romano-British tribes, and the end of Roman rule in Britain.