About David M. Wilson
Sir David Mackenzie Wilson, FBA is a British archaeologist, art historian, and museum curator, specialising in Anglo-Saxon art and the Viking Age. From 1977 until 1992 he served as the director of the British Museum, where he had previously worked, from 1955 to 1964, as an assistant keeper. In his role as director of the museum, he became embroiled in the controversy over the ownership of the Elgin Marbles with the Greek government, engaging with a "disastrous" televised debate with Greek Minister of Culture Melina Mercouri. The Society of Antiquaries of London awarded Wilson a gold medal in 1992. The Stockholm University awarded him with a Fil.Dr., and he received a D.Phil. from each of the University of Aarhus and the University of Oslo.
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