Simon James Keay, FBA (21 May 1954 – 7 April 2021) was a British archaeologist and academic.
Keay specialized in the archaeology of the Roman Empire, particularly Roman Mediterranean ports, commerce and cultural change in Italy and Iberia.
[2] Keay received his BA (1977) and PhD (1983); funded by a British Academy Scholarship from University College London.
[4] Simon Keay died on 7 April 2021 after a long illness.
[5] In 1986, he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries[1] In July 2016, Keay was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.