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E. A. Wallis Budge
British academic (–)
Sir E. A. Wallis Budge | |
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Article announcing Budge's knighthood, | |
Born | Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge ()27 July Bodmin, Cornwall, UK |
Died | 23 November () (aged77) London, UK |
Almamater | University of Cambridge |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Egyptology, philology |
Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (27 July 23 November ) was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East.[1] He made numerous trips to Egypt and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan on behalf of the British Museum to buy antiquities, and helped it build its collection of cuneiform tablets, manuscripts, and papyri.
He published many books on Egyptology, helping to bring the findings to larger audiences.
Ea wallis budge biography
In , he was knighted for his service to Egyptology and the British Museum.
Early life and education
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