Jeffrey Radley
Jeffrey Radley was a British archaeologist and poet.Career
Radley was an archaeologist, particularly interested in Prehistoric archaeology. He was also a poet, having a collection of poems published posthumously titled Scarred Temple....Death
Radley was killed on 22 July 1970 during excavations on the Anglian Tower in York. He had reportedly climbed down into the trench during a lunch break when it collapsed on top of him. He had been directing the excavations commissioned by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England.
A plaque on the site, unveiled by Lord Salisbury, commemorates his death:
