Meet the Team: Sam Newton

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Sam Newton is a Time Team historian, who first featured in The King of Bling special in June 2005 and began appearing regularly on the programme in the 2006 series. After early experiences in archaeology and woodturning, he graduated from the University of East Anglia with a first in English Literature in 1983 and went on to research the Old English epic of Beowulf.

Sam was awarded his PhD in 1991 and published his first book, The Origins of Beowulf and the pre-Viking Kingdom of East Anglia, two years later. Since then he has been working as an independent scholar in early medieval studies. He also conducts guided tours to Sutton Hoo, Rendlesham and other sites throughout eastern England. His latest book, The Reckoning of King Rædwald, was published in 2003.

Sam is also a director of Wuffing Education, which he co-founded in 2002 to provide those interested in all things Anglo-Saxon with the chance to meet specialists and fellow enthusiasts for in-depth presentations and discussions. His website at www.wuffings.co.uk provides details of the current programme of study days, as well as providing information about the early medieval kingdom of East Anglia and its Wuffing dynasty together with aspects of the literature, legend, history, and archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England.

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