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'''Christopher Ralph Chippindale''', [[Society of Antiquaries of London|FSA]] (born 13 October 1951) is a British [[archaeologist]]. He worked at the [[Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge|Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology]] from 1988 to his retirement in 2013, and was additionally [[Reader (academic rank)|Reader]] in Archaeology at the [[University of Cambridge]] from 2001 to 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last=McKie|first=Robin|title=Stone Age man's terrors still stalk modern nightmares|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/nov/25/humanities.world|accessdate=6 February 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|date=November 25, 2001}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Chippindale was born on 13 October 1951, to Keith and Ruth Chippindale. He was educated at [[Sedbergh School]], a [[Public school (United Kingdom)|public school]] in [[Sedbergh]], [[Yorkshire]]. He went on to study at [[St John's College, Cambridge]], graduating [[Bachelor of Arts]] (BA Hons). He then studied for a [[Doctor of Philosophy]] (PhD) at [[Girton College, Cambridge]].<ref name="Who's Who 2013">{{cite web|title=CHIPPINDALE, Christopher Ralph|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U10836|work=Who's Who 2013|publisher=A & C Black|accessdate=17 July 2013|date=November 2012}}</ref> His [[doctoral thesis]] was titled "The Later Prehistoric rock-engravings of Val Fontanalba, Mont Bego, Tende, Alpes-Maritimes, France" and was completed in 1988.<ref>{{cite thesis |last1=Chippindale |first1=Christopher |title=The Later Prehistoric rock-engravings of Val Fontanalba, Mont Bego, Tende, Alpes-Maritimes, France |url=https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.293715 |website=E-Thesis Online Service |publisher=The British Library |access-date=5 September 2021 |date=1988|doi=10.17863/CAM.19477 |type=Ph.D }}</ref>

==Career==
Chippindale was a [[research fellow]] in archaeology at [[Girton College, Cambridge]] from 1985 to 1988 and bye-fellow from 1988 to 1991.<ref name="Who's Who 2013" /> In 1987, he was appointed assistant [[curator]] of the [[Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge]].<ref name="Debrett's">{{cite web|title=Christopher Chippindale, Esq|url=http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/c/6508/Christopher+Ralph.aspx|work=People of Today Online|publisher=Debrett's|accessdate=19 July 2013}}</ref> He was promoted to Senior Assistant Curator in 1993.<ref name="Who's Who 2013" /> In 2001, he was appointed [[Reader (academic rank)|reader]] in archaeology at the [[University of Cambridge]].<ref name="Debrett's" /> He concurrently held the positions of reader and curator for British archaeology at the museum.<ref>{{cite web|title=People|url=http://www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/people/#C|publisher=McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research|accessdate=19 July 2013}}</ref> He retired in 2013, and is now reader [[emeritus]] at the university and a senior fellow of the [[McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research]].<ref name="WW 2020">{{cite web |title=Chippindale, Christopher Ralph, (born 13 Oct. 1951), Reader in Archaeology, University of Cambridge, at University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2001–13, now Emeritus |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U10836 |website=[[Who's Who 2020]] |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=5 September 2021 |language=en |date=1 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Jarman |first1=Emma |title=Dr Christopher Chippindale |url=https://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-christopher-chippindale |website=Department of Archaeology |publisher=University of Cambridge |access-date=5 September 2021 |language=en |date=26 February 2020}}</ref>

Outside of his university career, he served as [[Editor-in-chief|editor]] of the academic journal ''[[Antiquity (journal)|Antiquity]]'' for ten years, from 1987 to 1997.<ref name="WW 2020" />

==Personal life==
In 1976, Chippindale married Anne Lowe. Together they had four children; two sons and two daughters. They divorced in 2008. In 2008, he entered into a [[Civil partnership in the United Kingdom|civil partnership]] with Justice Oleka.<ref name="Who's Who 2013" /> His brother [[Peter Chippindale]] was a journalist and author.

==Honours==
On 10 January 1991, Chippindale was elected [[Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London]] (FSA).<ref>{{cite web|title=C|url=http://www.sal.org.uk/history/listoffellows/?letter=C|work=List of Fellows|publisher=Society of Antiquaries of London|accessdate=19 July 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709025535/http://www.sal.org.uk/history/listoffellows/?letter=C|archivedate=9 July 2012}}</ref>

==Works==
His publications include:<ref name="Debrett's" />
*''Stonehenge Complete'' (first published 1983 {{isbn|0-500-05043-0}},<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1017/S0003581500025257 |title=review of ''Stonehenge Complete'' by Christopher Chippindale|date=1985 |last1=Thompson |first1=M. W. |journal=The Antiquaries Journal |volume=65 |page=199 }}</ref> 4th edition 2012)
*with [[Paul Devereux]], Peter Fowler, Rhys Jones, and Tim Sebastian: ''Who Owns Stonehenge?'' (1990) {{isbn|0-7134-6455-0}}<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1017/S0003581500070360 |title=review of ''Who Owns Stonehenge?'' by Christopher Chippindale, Paul Devereux, Peter Fowler, Rhys Jones, and Tim Sebastian|date=1990 |last1=Saunders |first1=Peter |journal=The Antiquaries Journal |volume=70 |pages=121–122 }} [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquaries-journal/article/abs/thoughtful-foragers-a-study-of-prehistoric-decision-making-by-mithen-steven-j-255-180mm-pp-xii-289-57figs-23-tables-cambridge-cambridge-university-press-new-studies-in-archaeology-1990-isbn-0521355702-3500/231ADC29E873A0BD360DC20AA2743B23 p. 122]</ref>
*as editor with Paul S. Taçon: ''The Archaeology of Rock Art'' (1998)<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1086/jar.55.3.3631397 |title=review of ''The Archaeology of Rock Art'', edited by Christopher Chippindale and Paul S. Taçon |date=1999 |last1=Bahn |first1=Paul G. |author-link=Paul Bahn|journal=Journal of Anthropological Research |volume=55 |issue=3 |pages=450–451 }}</ref>
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Nash |editor1-first=George |editor2-last=Chippindale |editor2-first=Christopher |title=European landscapes of rock-art |date=2002 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=9780415257350}}
** {{cite book|title=2003 pbk edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EmI7VY49Uw0C|isbn=0415257352 | last1=Chippindale | first1=Christopher | last2=Nash | first2=George | date=2 September 2003 | publisher=Routledge }}

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