Brenda Dickinson

Brenda Dickinson FSA is a British archaeologist. She is a leading scholar in the study of Roman pottery, and a specialist in Roman potter's stamps.

Career

Dickinson collaborated with Brian Hartley at the University of Leeds. Together they catalogued samian stamps over a 40-year period from central and western Europe. The catalogue was published in a nine-part volume in 2008 entitled 'Names on Terra Sigillata. An Index of Makers' Stamps & Signatures on Gallo-Roman Terra Sigillata (Samian Ware)', containing around 300,000 stamps from 5,000 potters. Dickinson is credited with turning "Brian Hartley's vision of an index of dies linked to historical data into a reality in book form." The volumes are accompanied by a database hosted by the RGZM. Throughout her career Dickinson authored numerous site reports on samian stamps.

Dickinson was a Honorary Visiting Fellow in Classics 2006-12 at the University of Leeds.

Awards and honours

She was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1994. A Festschrift was published in honour of Dickinson in 2012.

Dickinson and colleagues received the 2013 John Gillam Prize from the Study Group for Roman Pottery.

Selected publications

• B. Hartley and B. Dickinson 2008-12. Names on terra sigillata : an index of makers' stamps & signatures on Gallo-Roman terra sigillata (Samian ware). London : Institute of Classical Studies, University of London.