E.Clive Rouse

Dr E. Clive Rouse MBE FSA was a medieval archaeologist and the leading expert on wall paintings. After studying at St Martin’s School of Art he worked with Professor E. W. Tristram of the Royal College of Art, who first brought to public notice the great value and interest of English medieveal wall painting. Dr Rouse carried on this work professionally and for many years uncovered, recorded and conserved wall paintings in churches throughout Britain. He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1937 and after the Second World War he was made an MBE for special services at the Central Interpretation Unit at Medmenham, Buckinghamshire. In 1969 he received an Honorary MA from the University of Oxford and became President of the Royal Archaeological Institute until 1972 and of the Bucks Archaeological Institute until 1979. The University of Sussex invested him as Doctor of Letters in 1983. Dr Rouse died in 1997.