George Macdonald (archaeologist)

Sir George Macdonald KCB FBA (30 January 1862 – 9 August 1940) was a British archaeologist and numismatist who studied the Antonine Wall.

[1][2] He studied in Germany and France, then at the University of Edinburgh and Balliol College, Oxford, graduating Master of Arts in 1887.

[citation needed] He employed "scientific method and equipment" in his fieldwork and excavations, resulting in new discoveries in the discipline of Romano-British history.

[2][1] His book The Roman Wall in Scotland (1911, revised 1934) was important in that it "drew together all known sites into one comprehensive volume".

From him she imbibed the patience in noting details and the dispassionate weighing of evidence that Macdonald had so admired in Francis Haverfield, an earlier giant in the field".

[9] From 1892-1904 Macdonald catalogued the collection of Greek coins in the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow, and as a result was made Honorary Curator for life in 1905.