Magdalena Midgley

Magdalena Midgley (4 November 1952 – 21 July 2014) was a British archaeologist, and Professor of the European Neolithic at the University of Edinburgh. She dedicated her archaeological career to teaching and researching early farming cultures of Continental Europe. She became known for her survey of the TRB culture (Funnel(-neck-)beaker culture), the first farming culture of the North European Plain and southern Scandinavia, which was published by Edinburgh University Press.

Biography Early life Magdalena Stefania Midgley (née Kedzierska) was born in 1952 in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Daughter of Stefan Janusz Kedzierski, a Polish Air Force pilot, and Zofia Maria Appelt, she was brought up by her grandparents Bruno and Bronislawa Appelt.

In 1972 she went to Scotland to visit relatives and develop her English language skills. There she met her future husband, Stephen Midgley, a teacher of modern languages. In 2015 she was posthumously appointed Professor Emerita by the University of Edinburgh.

Principal publications "The Origin and Function of the Earthen Long Barrows of Northern Europe" (British Archaeological Reports International Series 259, Oxford 1985) "TRB Culture. The First Farmers of the North European Plain" (Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh 1992) "The Monumental Cemeteries of Prehistoric Europe" (Tempus Publishing, Stroud 2005) "The Megaliths of Northern Europe" (Routledge, Abingdon 2008)

Numerous articles, papers, chapters and other contributions to journals and collective works.