Ione Gladys Gedye[3] (1907 – 12 November 1990)[1][2] was a pioneer conservator who founded the Repair Department at the Institute of Archaeology.

She worked for over several decades in conservation at the Institute and was also a significant influence in the early years of archaeologically-themed television programmes.

[citation needed] Gedye was a student of Flinders Petrie in classical archaeology at University College, London.

[11] Gedye was one of the original staff members in the technical department at the Institute of Archaeology, which opened in 1937.

[15] After World War II, she headed a conservation course that became increasingly attractive to students, and gradually expanded from a one-year certificate to become a three-year degree course.