John Pearson Gillam

John Pearson Gillam was born in Chesterfield and educated at Chesterfield Grammar School. He entered Durham University, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History in 1938, and a postgraduate diploma in Theology in 1939. He was an undergraduate at St Chad's College. Second World War Gillam joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1940 and was later commissioned into the 14th Punjab Regiment in 1942. He served in India, North Africa and Europe and ended his war service with the rank of Major. == Career ==

Gillam returned to Durham University in 1946 to take up a research studentship at Hatfield College under Eric Birley. It was first published in Archaeologia Aeliana in 1957 and then was updated and published in book form in three editions. He was working on a fourth edition at the time of his death. == Honours and awards ==

He became Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1958. The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies dedicated volume 16 of Britannia to him in 1985. This volume included a bibliography of his publications. == Personal life ==

Gillam married Marie Watson, a fellow student from Durham, in 1942. A polyglot, he could speak and read Hindi, Urdu, Italian and German. == References ==