Ivan Margary

Ivan Donald Margary, FSA (1896–1976) was a British historian who, during his lifetime, became the leading authority on Roman roads in Great Britain.

Ivan 'Donald' Margary's birth was registered at St. George's, Hanover Square, the parish church of Mayfair, on 23 November 1896.

[3] Mr Margary inherited £100,000 and property in the will of James Walker Larnach of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia published on 04 July 1924, which further enabled his philanthropy.

In later life, he financed the excavation of Fishbourne Roman Palace, near Chichester in West Sussex, and the building of Margary Quad at Exeter, his old college.

He contributed to the National Trust's excavation at Avebury Stone Circle and to the archaeology department of the British School at Rome.