Professor Jim Crow
Jim Crow’s research interests focus on Roman Frontier Studies and Byzantine Archaeology. A graduate of Birmingham and Newcastle Universities, he directed the archaeological excavations on Hadrian’s Wall for the National Trust for most of the 1980s and has run field projects in Northumberland at High Rochester and Harbottle. He has served on the Hadrian’s Wall management plan committee for many years, and currently performs an advisory role on Hadrian's Wall and the Cheviots. Jim published two fantastic books for National Trust: “Housesteads: A Fort and Garrison” and “Hadrian’s Wall: An Historic Landscape”. He is one of the leading World Experts on Hadrian’s Wall and Roman frontiers in general.
Jim has also worked in Turkey and Greece for over twenty years and completed a major research project on the Water Supply of Byzantine Constantinople and the city’s hinterland fortification system ‘the Anastasian Wall’. He has led many Istanbul tours for Peter Sommer Travels, and also served as tour leader on a number of our gulet cruises. Jim is a marvellous enthusiast and stimulating travelling companion.
What previous guests have to say about Jim:
"Jim was an inspiring, knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide with great communication skills." Maria Onley
"Jim was extremely knowledgeable and also personable and provided a great deal of information on all of the sites we visited. He kept everyone's interest - everyone was fascinated." Diane Fenicle
“Jim was a very stimulating, enthusiastic, funny and knowledgeable guide.” Jennifer O’Riada
"the terrific combination of expertise with an informal approach and an extremely informed, often humorous, commentary by Jim made this tour outstanding. I had studied Byzantine art as a student and always wanted to visit Istanbul.. a most memorable experience, which I have described glowingly to many friends and acquaintances.” Liz Eastmond
"I had a wonderful time - an absolutely outstanding expert guide. We really did get under the skin of Istanbul and into some places that few if any travellers will see unaided. Worth every penny.” Richard Smith
