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Alexander Keiller FSA FGS (1889–1955) was a Scottish archaeologist and businessman who worked on an extensive prehistoric site at Avebury in Wiltshire, England. Keiller was heir to the marmalade business of his family, James Keiller & Son that had been established in 1797〔(James Keiller and Son ). Gracesguide.co.uk (16 February 2012). Retrieved on 30 May 2014.〕 in Dundee, and exported marmalade and confectionery across the British Empire. He used his wealth to acquire a total of of land in Avebury for preservation and he conducted excavations, re-erected stones on the Avebury site, and created a museum to interpret the site. He also pioneered aerial photography for archaeological interpretation.〔(Alexander Keiller ). Oxfordindex.oup.com (22 February 1999). Retrieved on 30 May 2014.〕 Keiller founded the ''Morven Institute of Archeological Research''〔(Alexander Keiller Museum: papers of archaeologists, antiquaries and historians ). Nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved on 30 May 2014.〕 there, now the Alexander Keiller Museum〔(Alexander Keiller Museum ). nationaltrust.org.uk〕〔 and held by the National Trust after Keiller's widow gifted the building to the Trust in 1966. In 1943 he had sold the land at Avebury to the National Trust for its agricultural value only.〔 ==Early life and education== Alexander Keiller was born in Dundee in 1889. When Keiller was nine, his father died, leaving him the sole heir to the wealth generated by the family's business. He was sent to Hazelwood School at Limpsfield in Surrey and from there went on to Eton College. When he was seventeen, his mother died, and he returned home to administer the family business. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alexander Keiller (archaeologist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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