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.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_van_Geersdaele>
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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>
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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>
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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>