Sir Mortimer Wheeler
Sir Mortimer Wheeler is marked by a ceramic blue plaque on a surviving London building in the City of Westminster. The plaque records that the archaeologist lived here and connects this everyday street with his work. It was installed in 1993.
Born in 1890, Wheeler studied archaeology and ethnography, with a particular interest in ancient civilisations. His excavations at Verulamium, the Roman settlement beneath modern St Albans, uncovered important remains during the 1930s. Many finds from that work are displayed at the Verulamium Museum. Careful recording and systematic excavation shaped his methods and influenced later archaeologists.
The blue plaque gives his profession and the years 1890 and 1976. Its small ceramic surface brings a major archaeological career into view beside an ordinary Westminster building.
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