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Flinders Petrie

Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie FRS FBA ((1853-06-03)3 June 1853 – (1942-07-29)29 July 1942), commonly known as simply Sir Flinders Petrie, was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology and the preservation of artefacts. He held the first chair of Egyptology in the United Kingdom, and excavated many of the most…

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Known for
Proto-Sinaitic script, Merneptah Stele, pottery seriation
Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society · Huxley Memorial Medal (1906)
Born
William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853-06-03)3 June 1853 Charlton, Kent, England
Died
29 July 1942(1942-07-29) (aged 89) Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
Doctoral students
Howard Carter
Fields
Egyptology

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Archaeology career

Discovery of the Proto-Sinaitic script

Later life

Death and preservation of head

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related to Personal life · 11
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related to Bibliographies · 3
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Awards · 2
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Born · 1
Flinders Petrie → William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853-06-03)3 June 1853 Charlton, Kent, England
Died · 1
Flinders Petrie → 29 July 1942(1942-07-29) (aged 89) Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine

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