Peter van Geersdaele (3 July 1933 – 20 July 2018) was a British conservator best known for his work on the Sutton Hoo ship-burial. Among other work he oversaw the creation of a plaster cast of the ship impression, from which a fibreglass replica of the ship was formed. From 1949 to 1951 he engaged in moulding and casting at the Victoria and Albert Museum. From 1954 to around 1976 he was a conservator at the British Museum, rising to the position of senior conservation officer in the British and Medieval department. Following that he became an assistant chief of archaeology in the conservation division of the National Historic Sites of Canada for Parks Canada, and then the deputy head of the conservation department at the National Maritime Museum in London. He retired in 1993, and during that year's Birthday Honours was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, in recognition of his services to museums.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1778:
American Revolutionary War: Loyalists and Iroquois killed over 300 Patriots at the Battle of Wyoming in Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wyoming
1940:
Second World War: The Royal Navy attacked the French fleet (ship pictured), fearing that the ships would fall into Axis hands after the French–German armistice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir
1970:
The Troubles: The British Army began the Falls Curfew in Belfast, Northern Ireland, which resulted in greater Irish republican resistance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falls_Curfew
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
ambivert: (psychology) A person who is neither clearly extroverted nor introverted, but has characteristics of each. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ambivert
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Between "just desserts" and "tragic irony" we are given quite a large scope for our particular talent. Generally speaking, things have gone about as far as they can possibly go when things have gotten about as bad as they can reasonably get. --Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rosencrantz_%26_Guildenstern_Are_Dead_%28film%29