{"persons":[{"number":"1","firstname":"Roger","lastname":"Bland","email_one":"rbland@britishmuseum.org","email_two":"rbland@british-museum.ac.uk","address_1":"The British Museum","address_2":"Great Russell Street","identifier":"PAS","town":"London","county":"Central Unit","postcode":"WC1B 3DG","country":"GB","profile":"<p>Roger instigated the formation of the Portable Antiquities Scheme in 1997. It now has more than 40 staff and covers the whole of Wales &amp; England. Originally a specialist in Roman coins, he has documented many hoards from the British Isles.<\/p>\r\n<p>He was recently seconded to the DCMS to handle legislation relating to the handling of Illicit Antiquities. He studied at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. <\/p>","telephone":"0207 323 8611","fax":"020 7323 8171","dbaseID":"43","longitude":"-0.127031","latitude":"51.522167","image":"Bland small.jpg","ID":"1","regionID":"0","prefix":null,"description":"Central Unit","notes":"","county_map":"englandandwales.jpg","kml_file":"London.kml","host":"pasrgbsize2.jpg","created_by":"0","created_on":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","updated_by":"0","updated_on":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","rssfeed":null,"staffroles":"Head of Scheme and Treasure"}],"findstotals":[],"periodtotals":[],"accts":[]}