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Lorraine Copeland

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Lorraine Copeland
Birth nameElizabeth Lorraine Adie
Born1921(1921)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died27 April 2013(2013-04-27)(aged 91–92)
Dordogne,France
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchSpecial Operations Executive
Office of Strategic Services
Years of service1940–1942
RankField agent
AwardsMBE,DSC
RelationsMiles Copeland, Jr.(husband),Miles Copeland III(son),Ian Copeland(son), Lorraine Copeland (daughter),Stewart Copeland(son)
Other workArchaeology

Lorraine Copeland(bornElizabeth Lorraine Adie,1921–April 2013[1]) was a Britisharchaeologistspecialising in thePalaeolithicperiod of theNear East.She was a secret agent with theSpecial Operations ExecutiveduringWorld War II.

Early life

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In 1921, Copeland was born as Elizabeth Lorraine Adie inEdinburgh,Scotland.[2]Her father was a neurosurgeon onHarley Streetin London, and she was privately educated atWycombe Abbeygirls' school in Buckinghamshire.[3]

Special Operations Executive

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Copeland worked for British Intelligence during theSecond World War,in theSpecial Operations Executive.[4]She met her American husband,Miles Copeland, Jr.,during this period, when he was based in the UK undertaking counter-intelligence for the US ArmyCounter Intelligence Corps.They married on 25 September 1942 and soon afterwards Miles' work took them to the Near East, particularly Syria, Lebanon and Egypt, and it was whilst in this area that Copeland first developed her interest in archaeology.[5]

Archaeology

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Copeland worked in the field of Palaeolithic archaeology for over fifty years, and was associated with theUniversity College LondonInstitute of Archaeology.She was an adviser to theStone Age Institute.[6]In 2004 thefestschrift"From the River to the Sea: The Palaeolithic and the Neolithic on the Euphrates and in the Northern Levant" was published in her honour.[7][8][9]

Family

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Copeland married Miles on 25 September 1942 at St Mary's Church,Great Portland Street,London. The couple had four children, all of whom went on to have notable careers: their eldest sonMiles Copeland III(born 2 May 1944) as an executive in the entertainment industry,Ian Copeland(born 25 April 1949) as a music promoter and booking agent, Lorraine "Lennie" Copeland as a writer and film producer, andStewart Copeland(born 16 July 1952) as a musician best known as the drummer for the bandThe Police.Her husband Miles died on 14 January 1991,[10]and her son Ian predeceased her in May 2006. Lorraine Copeland died at Chateau Marouatte inDordogne,France, on 27 April 2013.[citation needed]She is buried next to her husband Miles in the churchyard of St Peter and St Paul's Church,Aston Rowant,Oxfordshire.[11]

Partial bibliography

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  • Copeland, Lorraine and Waechter, John (1968) "The Stone Industries of Abri Bergy, Lebanon"Bulletin of the Institute of Archaeology, University of London7, 15–36.
  • Copeland, Lorraine (1975) "The Middle and Upper Paleolithic of Lebanon and Syria in the Light of Recent Research" in Fred Wendorf and Anthony E. Marks, eds.,Problems in Prehistory: North Africa and the LevantDallas.
  • Copeland, Lorraine and Hours, Francis (eds) (1989)The Hammer on the Rock: Studies in the Early Palaeolithic ofAzraq,Jordan.Maison de L'Orient Méditerranéen C.N.R.S.-Université Lumière-Lyon 2, Lyon, France, Archaeological Series No. 5 BAR S540.ISBN0-86054-686-1.
  • Sanlaville, Paul; Besançon, Jacques; Copeland, Lorraine and Muhesen, Sultan (1993)Le Paléolithique de la vallée moyenne de l'Oronte (Syrie): peuplement et environmentBAR S587.ISBN0-86054-747-7.
  • Copeland, Lorraine and Moloney, Norah (eds) (1998)The Mousterian Site ofRas el-Kelb,LebanonBAR IS 706.ISBN0-86054-939-9.
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  • Aurenche, Olivier; Le Mière, Marie and Sanlaville, Paul (eds) (2004)From the River to the Sea: The Paleolithic and the Neolithic on the Euphrates and in the Northern Levant. Studies in honour of Lorraine CopelandMaison de l'Orient Méditerranéen BAR S1263ISBN1-84171-621-9.A full bibliography of Lorraine Copeland's work is provided in this volume.

References

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  1. ^Daring CIA Widow Dies, AND Magazine, published 30 April 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013
  2. ^"5 Scots spies to mark Edinburgh Spy Week".www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com.19 April 2017.Retrieved14 October2023.
  3. ^"Wycombe Abbey".Wycombe Abbey.Retrieved4 September2013.
  4. ^"BIOGRAPHY MILES A. COPELAND III".www.milescopeland.biz.Archived fromthe originalon 12 October 2011.
  5. ^Garrard, Andrew N.; Aurenche, Olivier; Sanlaville, Paul (1 January 2014)."Lorraine Copeland (1921-2013)".Paléorient.40(1): 5–8.Retrieved14 October2023– via www.persee.fr.
  6. ^"Officers and Advisory Board".Stoneageinstitute.org.Retrieved4 September2013.
  7. ^Aurenche, Olivier; Mière, Marie Le; Sanlaville, Paul (2004).From the River to the Sea: The Palaeolithic and the Neolithic on the Euphrates and in the Northern Levant.Archaeopress.ISBN1841716219.
  8. ^"From the River to the Sea".Archaeopress.Retrieved17 November2014.
  9. ^Report on the Second Workshop on PPN Chipped Lithic Industries(PDF).April 1995.Retrieved17 November2014.
  10. ^"Miles Copeland".Spartacus Educational.Retrieved14 October2023.
  11. ^"Miles Axe Copland grave monument details at St Peter and St Paul Church burial ground, Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire,England".www.gravestonephotos.com.Retrieved14 October2023.

Sources

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  • "In Memoriam. Lorraine Copeland (1921–2013)", Andrew N. Garrard, and Olivier Aurenche and Paul Sanlaville, 2014, Paléorient 40:1, pp 5–8. Online atLorraine Copeland (1921–2013).
  • Copeland, Miles (1989)The Game Player: Confessions of the CIA's Original Political OperativeLondon
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