Francis Pryor

Francis Manning Marlborough Pryor MBE FSA (born 13 January 1945) is an English archaeologist specialising in the study of the Bronze and Iron Ages in Britain. He is best known for his discovery and excavation of Flag Fen, a Bronze Age archaeological site near Peterborough, as well as for his frequent appearances on the Channel 4 television series Time Team.

This article is about the archaeologist. For his great-great uncle, the playwright, see Francis R. Pryor.

Francis Pryor
Pryor (right) discusses the excavation during the filming of a 2007 dig for Time Team with series editor Michael Douglas (left).
Born
Francis Manning Marlborough Pryor

(1945-01-13) 13 January 1945
EducationEton College
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)Archaeologist, Prehistorian
Known forFlag Fen, Time Team
SpouseMaisie Taylor
Children1

Born to a Burke's Landed Gentry family, Pryor studied at Eton College before going on to study archaeology at Trinity College, Cambridge. With his first wife, Sylvia Page, he moved to Canada, where he worked as a technician at the Royal Ontario Museum for a year before returning to Britain.

He has now retired from full-time field archaeology, but still appears on television and writes books as well as being a working sheep farmer.

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