Brenda Dickinson

Dickinson collaborated with Brian Hartley at the University of Leeds. Together they catalogued samian stamps over a 40-year period from central and western Europe. The catalogue was published in a nine-part volume in 2008 entitled 'Names on Terra Sigillata. An Index of Makers' Stamps & Signatures on Gallo-Roman Terra Sigillata (Samian Ware)', containing around 300,000 stamps from 5,000 potters. Dickinson is credited with turning "Brian Hartley's vision of an index of dies linked to historical data into a reality in book form."{{Cite journal|last=Webster|first=Peter|date=2009|title=Names on Terra Sigillata. An Index of Makers' Stamps & Signatures on Gallo-Roman Terra Sigillata (Samian Ware). Volume 1 (A to AXO). By B.R. Hartley and B.M. Dickinson. Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Supplement 102–01. University of London, London, 2008. Pp. xxiv + 429, illus. Price: £80.00. ISBN 978 1 905670 16 1.|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/britannia/article/names-on-terra-sigillata-an-index-of-makers-stamps-signatures-on-galloroman-terra-sigillata-samian-ware-volume-1-a-to-axo-by-br-hartley-and-bm-dickinson-bulletin-of-the-institute-of-classical-studies-supplement-10201-university-of-london-london-2008-pp-xxiv-429-illus-price-8000-isbn-978-1-905670-16-1/01A72EEA078E23791D9B7C46EDC720D8|journal=Britannia|language=en|volume=40|pages=385–386|doi=10.3815/006811309789785800|issn=1753-5352|url-access=subscription}} The volumes are accompanied by a database hosted by the RGZM.{{Cite web|url=https://www1.rgzm.de/samian/home/frames.htm|title=Samian research|last=Mees|first=Allard|website=www1.rgzm.de|access-date=2019-03-09}} Throughout her career Dickinson authored numerous site reports on samian stamps.{{Cite book|title=Dating and interpreting the past in the western Roman Empire: Essays in honour of Brenda Dickinson|last=Rayner|first=L|publisher=Oxbow|year=2012|editor-last=Bird|editor-first=David|location=Oxford|chapter=A bibliography of the works of Brenda Dickinson}}

Dickinson was a Honorary Visiting Fellow in Classics 2006–12 at the University of Leeds.{{Cite web|url=https://impact.ref.ac.uk/casestudies/CaseStudy.aspx?Id=6388|title=REF Case study search|website=impact.ref.ac.uk|access-date=2019-03-09}}

She was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1994.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sal.org.uk/about-us/fellows-directory/?fs=Dickinson&page=1|title=Fellows Directory - Society of Antiquaries|website=www.sal.org.uk|access-date=2019-03-09}}{{Dead link|date=June 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} A Festschrift was published in honour of Dickinson in 2012.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/836864281|title=Dating and interpreting the past in the Western Roman Empire : essays in honour of Brenda Dickinson|date=2012|publisher=Oxbow Books|others=Dickinson, Brenda M., Bird, D. G. (David G.)|isbn=9781842179567|location=Oxford, UK|oclc=836864281}}

Dickinson and colleagues received the 2013 John Gillam Prize from the Study Group for Roman Pottery.{{Cite book|url=http://www.romanpotterystudy.org/newsletter/SGRPnewsletter56.pdf|title=The Study Group for Roman Pottery: Newsletter Autumn|year=2013}}

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