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Petrie s mother, anne, had a love for science, namely fossils and natural minerals. Material in square brackets in the text is flinders petries. Matthew flinders biography childhood, life achievements. Ehnasya 1904 william matthew flinders petrie full view 1905. Gardner 18621939 was to become a leading classical archaeologist, but his first major project was carrying on the work of petrie at. My paperback copy of the pyramids and temples of gizeh isbn 978 1432 528263 was printed in the united states by kessinger publishings legacy reprints. William matthew flinders petrie project gutenberg self.
Sir william matthew flinders petrie, frs, fba 3 june 1853 28 july 1942, was an english egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology and preservation of artifacts english egyptologist, discoverer of the merneptah stele sources. Flinders petrie began his long association with ancient egypt and the near east when he went to giza to survey the pyramids in 1880. He was educated at cowleys charity school, donington, from 1780 and then at the reverend john shinglars grammar school at horbling in lincolnshire. The pyramids and temples of gizeh by william matthew. William matthew flinders petrie, the son of a civil engineer who was engaged at the time of his sons birth on surveying the routes for railways, and later in an attempt to introduce an electric lighting system, inherited his taste for planning and drawing. Pdf william matthew flinders petrie 18531942 thomas. Having studied geology, she was hired by flinders petrie at age 25 as an artist, which led to their marriage and a working partnership that endured for their lifetimes.
Flinders petrie is currently considered a single author. In 2016, flinders university in south australia will celebrate its 50th anniversary. Part 1 excavation memoir volume 3 of memoir of the egypt exploration fund issue 3 of naukratis. This biography of mathew flinders provides detailed information about his childhood, career, profile and timeline. Gardiner, hilda petrie, and margaret alice murray pdf at etana. British archaeologist wellknown for his work in egypt, as well as in palestine. Juli 1942 in jerusalem war ein bekannter agyptologe.
William matthew flinders petrie 1853 1942 william matthew flinders petrie the father of egyptian archaeology developed and applied statistical analysis to pottery from prehistoric sites and by this established seriation as a relative dating method as a major contribution to egyptian archaeology. William matthew flinders petrie was born on 3 june 1853 in kent, england. William matthew flinders petrie author of the religion of. He excavated ancient remains in britain 187580, egypt 18801924, and palestine 192738 and was 18921933 professor of egyptology at university college, london.
Originally published between 1902 and 1904 for the egypt exploration fund, this threevolume set of reports documents the excavations that petrie initiated at one of ancient egypts most sacred. Matthew flinders biography mathew flinders is an explorer of english descent, known for discovering australia. Ann and matthew had one daughter anne, born in 1812 who later married william petrie, a civil engineer. Sir flinders petrie, in full sir william matthew flinders petrie, born june 3, 1853, charlton, near greenwich, london, englanddied july 28, 1942, jerusalem, british archaeologist and egyptologist who made valuable contributions to the techniques and methods of field excavation and invented a sequence dating method that made possible the.
English egyptologist, discoverer of the merneptah stele. Flinders william matthew flinders, 18531942 an online book about this author is available, as is a wikipedia article. The fact is, he built his career with the support and labour of others. His mother was the daughter of captain matthew flinders, the australian explorer. He was educated at cowleys charity school, donington, from 1780 and then at the reverend john shinglars grammar school at horbling in lincolnshire in his own words, he was induced to go to sea against the wishes of my friends from reading. Flinders william matthew flinders william matthew flinders petrie. Cambridge core middle east studies a history of egypt by william matthew flinders petrie.
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