Brian Rodgerson Hartley MA, FSA (31 December 1929 – 26 April 2005) was a British archaeologist who specialised in Roman pottery studies. Brian Hartley was born in Chester in 1929 and won a scholarship to the King's School Chester. While still at school he took part in his first excavation, at Heronbridge, Cheshire. In 1948 he heard a lecture by Sir Ian Richmond who became a great influence on him. After national service in the RAF, he studied natural sciences at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He then gained a diploma in prehistory and became research assistant to Grahame Clark. He also attended the archaeological summer school at Great Casterton run by Graham Webster. Here he met Philip Corder and John Gillam whose knowledge of Roman pottery encouraged his study of samian ware. Source: Wikipedia (en)