George Speake
George Speake | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | English |
| Education | Slade School of Fine Art |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Known for | Leading authority on Anglo-Saxon animal art |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Art history and archaeology |
| Institutions | Institute of Archaeology at Oxford |
| Thesis | The beginnings and developments of Salin's style II in England (1974) |
| Doctoral advisor | Sonia Chadwick Hawkes |
| Other academic advisors | |
George Speake, FSA is an English art historian and archaeologist. He is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute of Archaeology at Oxford, and "a leading authority on Anglo-Saxon animal art." Currently Speake is the Anglo-Saxon Art and Iconography Specialist for the Staffordshire Hoard conservation team, and is working on the reconstruction of the Staffordshire helmet.