Wilkinson, Sir John Gardner
- Wilkinson, Sir John Gardner
(1797-1875)
Egyptologist, s. of a Westmoreland clergyman, studied at Oxf. In 1821 he went to Egypt, and remained there and in Nubia exploring, surveying, and studying the hieroglyphical inscriptions, on which he made himself one of the great authorities. He pub. two important works, of great literary as well as scholarly merit, Materia Hieroglyphica (1828) and Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians (6 vols., 1837-41). He wrote various books of travel, and was knighted in 1839.
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Wilkinson, Sir John Gardner — (1797–1875) British Egyptologist. He was born in Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England, on 5 October 1797. Educated at Harrow and Oxford, he was persuaded to devote his studies to Egyptology, and from 1821–1833 he studied hieroglyphs and… … Ancient Egypt
John Gardner Wilkinson — Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (* 5. Oktober 1797 in Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire; † 29. Oktober 1875 in Llandovery, Wales) war ein britischer Ägyptologe. Er gilt als Begründer der britischen Ägyptologie … Deutsch Wikipedia
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