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Green, Frederick William, 1869-1949 (Egyptologist)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1869 - 1949

Biography

Frederick Green was born in London, 1869. He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, BA, 1898, MA, 1901. He studied Egyptology under Kurt Sethe at Göttingen and Strasbourg and excavated sites in Egypt with Flinders Petrie and Somers Clarke, including El Kab, 1895-7. He worked with James Quibell at Hierakonpolis, 1897-8, and alone, 1898-9, when he discovered the famous decorated tomb. He returned to El Kab with Somers Clarke and Archibald Sayce, 1901-2. He also worked as a mapmaker for the Geological Survey of Egypt, 1896-8, and on several subsequent expeditions with William Hume in the Eastern and Western Deserts. He was involved in surveying the topography and monuments of Nubia, 1906 and 1909-10. He led the Mond excavation of the Bucheum at Armant, 1929-30. He was Honorary Keeper of Antiquities at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1908-49. He died in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, 1949.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

 Fonds

Frederick William Green: Correspondence and papers

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Green
Scope and Contents

The collection mainly comprises manuscripts, notebooks, correspondence, maps and drawings relating to the following excavations and surveys: Hierakonpolis, 1898-1900; El Kab, 1896, 1902; the Bucheum, 1930; Nubia, 1906, 1909-10; the Eastern Desert, 1897-1900, 1902, 1910; the Fayum and the Western Desert, 1908-9.

Dates: 1898-1930
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).