William Mathew Flinders Petrie

Prof. William Mathew Flinders Petrie DCL LLD FRS FBA
Born	1853
Died	1942
Residence	University College, Gower Street, WC [and] 8 Well Road, Hampstead, NW [1913] 5 Cannon Place, NW3 [1933] Beaumont House, Jerusalem, Palestine [1935]
Occupation	academic egyptologist archaeologist
Society Membership membership ordinary fellow left 1942 deceased elected_AI 1900.05.15 societies Royal Society British Academy Royal Irish Academy American Philosophical Society

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AI Council 1902 Member
AI Council 1903 Member
AI Council 1904 Member
AI Council 1906 Member
AI Council 1907 Member
AI Council 1908 Member
AI Council 1922 Member
AI Council 1923 Member
AI Council 1924 Member

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1900.04.24 proposed
Edwards Professor of Egyptology
neighbour of Karl Pearson

1906 HML Migrations Delivered 1st Nov. at Burlington House
death noted in the report of the council 1942-43
obituary in Man43, 9

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Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, FRS[2] (3 June 1853 – 28 July 1942), commonly known as Flinders Petrie, was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology and preservation of artifacts. He held the first chair of Egyptology in the United Kingdom, and excavated many of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt in conjunction with his wife, Hilda Petrie.[3] Some consider his most famous discovery to be that of the Merneptah Stele,[4] an opinion with which Petrie himself concurred.[5] Petrie developed the system of dating layers based on pottery and ceramic findings.[6]

Born Charlton, near Greenwich; died Jerusalem. His maternal grandfather was Captain Matthew Flinders, the explorer of Australia. Early work in Egypt funded by Egypt Exploration Fund, wealthy patrons and the Palestine Exploration Fund. Very numerous publications. Edwards Professor of Egyptology, UCL, 1892-1933. Honorary degrees from Oxford, Edinburgh, Strasbourg and Cambridge. Knighted 1923.

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External Publications

Migrations, Anthropological Inst. of Great Britain and Ireland, 1906. Janus in Modern Life, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1907. Eastern Exploration - Past and Future London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1918. Some Sources of Human History, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1919. The Status of the Jews in Egypt, G. Allen & Unwin, 1922. The Revolutions of Civilization, Harper & Brothers, 1922.

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