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See also:PETRIE, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM See also:MATTHEW See also:FLINDERS (1853– ) , See also:English egyptologist, was See also:born at Charlton on the 3rd of See also:June 1853, being the son of William Petrie, C.E. His See also:mother was the daughter of See also:Captain Matthew Flinders, the Australian explorer. He took an See also:early See also:interest in archaeological See also:research, and between 1875 and 188o was busily engaged in studying See also:ancient See also:British remains at See also:Stonehenge and elsewhere; in 188o he published his See also:book on Stonehenge, with an See also:account of his theories on this subject. He was also much interested in ancient weights and See also:measures, and in 1875 published a See also:work on Inductive Metrology. In 1881 he began a See also:long See also:series of important surveys and excavations in See also:Egypt, beginning with the pyramids at Giza, and following up his work there by excavations at the See also:great See also:temple at Tanis (1884), and discovering and exploring the long-lost See also:Greek See also:city of See also:Naucratis in the See also:Delta (1885), and the towns of Am and See also:Daphnae (1886), where he found important remains of the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time when they were inhabited by the Pharaohs. Between 1888 and 1890 he was at work in the See also:Fayum, opening up Hawara, Kahun and See also:Lachish; and in 1891 he discovered the ancient temple at Medum. Much of this work was done in connexion with the See also:Palestine Exploration Fund. By this time his reputation was established. He published in 1893 his Ten Years' Diggings in Egypt, was given the honorary degree of D.C.L. by See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, and was appointed See also:- EDWARDS, AMELIA ANN BLANDFORD (1831-1892)
- EDWARDS, BELA BATES (18o2-1852)
- EDWARDS, BRYAN (1743–1800)
- EDWARDS, GEORGE (1693–1773)
- EDWARDS, HENRY THOMAS (1837–1884)
- EDWARDS, JONATHAN (1703—1758)
- EDWARDS, LEWIS (1806–1887 )
- EDWARDS, RICHARD (c. 1523–1566)
- EDWARDS, T
- EDWARDS, THOMAS CHARLES (1837–1900)
Edwards See also:Professor of Egyptology at University See also:College, See also:London. In 1894 he founded the See also:Egyptian Research Account, which in 1905 was reconstituted as the British School of See also:Archaeology in Egypt (not to be confused with the Egypt Exploration Fund, founded 1892). Perhaps the most important work which the School has accomplished has been the investigation of the site of See also:Memphis (q.v.)
The extent as well as the See also:chronological See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of Professor Petrie's excavations may best be shown by a See also:list of his See also:works.
End of Article: PETRIE, WILLIAM MATTHEW FLINDERS (1853– )
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