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She met her future husband Mortimer Wheeler in 1912, and they were married in May 1914. He served in the artillery in the First World War, initially as an instructor in the University of London Officers' Training Corps, and later at other places in Scotland and England.
Feb 13, 2017 · Photographer Tessa Wheeler died in December. Here, her husband, the Ukip donor Stuart, tells Susannah Butter how they turned a castle into a home where life felt like an endless riot of...
- Susannah Butter
Mar 6, 2024 · She died quite young, so wasn’t remembered as much as her husband." She said Tessa Wheeler trained one of the most famous archaeologists of the 20th century at Verulamium, Kathleen Kenyon,...
- Louise Parry
Sep 17, 2013 · As is well known from Jacquetta Hawkes’ biography of R. E. M. Wheeler, it was during the Maiden Castle years that Tessa Wheeler died – unexpectedly – from a complications that arose during an operation, carried out while her husband was touring the Near East in the company of another woman.
Tessa Verney Wheeler (27 March 1893 – 15 April 1936) was a famous archaeologist. She was best known as the wife and professional partner of famous archaeologist Mortimer Wheeler. They collaborated on major excavations in Wales and England—including Segontium, Caerleon and Verulamium—and their investigation of Maiden Castle in Dorset had ...
- Female
- March 27, 1893
- Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler CH, MC
- April 15, 1936
Tessa and her husband, Robert Eric Mortimer (Rik) Wheeler, settled in Cardiff after she accepted the position of Keeper of Archaeology in the National Museum of Wales and lecturer in Archaeology at the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire.
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Apr 14, 2017 · She met her husband-to-be, the spread-betting pioneer Stuart Wheeler, at a dinner party in late 1978. They married in July the next year. Wheeler had founded his spread-betting firm, IG...
