Owen Ashmore FSA (1920 – July 1995) was a British industrial archaeologist at the University of Manchester who was Secretary and Vice-President of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, Treasurer of the Chetham Society and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.

Owen Ashmore
Born1920 (1920)
Died1995 (aged 74–75)
NationalityBritish
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeologist
Sub-disciplineIndustrial archaeology
InstitutionsUniversity of Manchester

Life

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Ashmore was born in Cheshire in 1920, and taught and directed the Local History Diploma in the Extra Mural Department at the University of Manchester. He was a founder Member of the Manchester Industrial Archaeology Society.[1][2]

He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (FSA). He was a Member of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, elected Council Member (from 1961), Secretary (1963–72) and Vice-President (1975–94). He was also a Member of the Chetham Society elected as a Council Member (from 1969) then serving as Treasurer (1972–83). He died in 1995 aged 75.[3][4]

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References

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  1. ^ "Owen Ashmore | Science Museum Group Collection". collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Owen Ashmore | Science Museum Group Collection". collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Obituary: Owen Ashmore". Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society. 90: 121–26. 1994.
  4. ^ "In Memory of T. S. Willan and Owen Ashmore". J.R. Dickinson, the Lordship of Man Under the Stanleys: Government and Economy in the Isle of Man, 1580–1704. Chetham Society, Third Series, 41. 1996.
Professional and academic associations
Preceded by
Alan Siddall
Treasurer of the Chetham Society
1972–83
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Robert Norman Dore
Secretary of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society
1964–72
Succeeded by
Arthur Gordon Rose