About Margaret Rule
Margaret Helen Rule (27 September 1928 – 9 April 2015) was a British archaeologist. She is most notable for her involvement with the project that excavated and raised the Tudor warship Mary Rose in 1982. == Early life == Rule, née Martin, was born in Buckinghamshire on 27 September 1928. She studied chemistry at the University of London. Rule changed to a career in archaeology where she initially helped excavate bomb sites in London after the Second World War. == Career == === Fishbourne Roman Palace === In the 1960s, Rule assisted in the discovery, excavation and ultimately became the first curator of the Fishbourne Roman Palace near Chichester, West Sussex. Rule subsequently was integral for transforming the site into a viable tourist attraction. === Mary Rose === Rule was still the curator of the Fishbourne Roman Palace, when she began her work in maritime archaeology. Rule assisted fellow marine archaeologist Alexander McKee in the 1960s where she was consulted on the initial search for the wreck of Henry VIII's war ship Mary Rose in the Solent, due to her local reputation as a land archaeologist. Here the Mary Rose 1967 Committee was founded, later to be formalised as the Mary Rose Trust in 1979.
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