Edward Arthur Lane

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Edward Arthur Lane (15 December 1909 – 7 March 1963), also known as Arthur Lane or E.A. Lane, was an English classical archaeologist and ceramics specialist. He studied at St John's College, Cambridge, after attending St John's School in Leatherhead. In 1932 he studied at the British School at Athens on a scholarship and wrote an important work on Laconian vase painting, building on Humfry Payne’s ideas. In 1934 he joined the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, working in the Ceramics Department and becoming head of the department from 1950 until his death in 1963. In 1937 he participated in Leonard Woolley’s excavation at Al Mina, where his interest in Islamic ceramics began. He produced his most notable works on Islamic ceramics and also wrote about many other topics in ceramics.