Thompson, Sir Henry Francis Herbert, 1859-1944 (2nd Baronet and egyptologist)
Dates
- Existence: 1859 - 1944
Biography
Herbert Thompson was born in London, 2 April 1859. He was educated at Marlborough and Trinity College, Cambridge, BA, 1881. He became a barrister but then turned to medicine instead. He abandoned medicine after research in the laboratories of University College, London, and particularly the use of a microscope, damaged his eyesight. He succeeded to a baronetcy, 1904, and followed his father as Chairman of Golders Green Crematorium. He became interested in Egyptology and studied with Flinders Petrie, Francis Griffith and Walter Crum at University College, London. He was a Lecturer at University College, London, 1915-16, and a fellow. He worked on Demotic papyri in the British Museum and, with Walter Crum, on the publication of a Coptic dictionary. He was a generous supporter of archaeological digs; he bequeathed his working library to the Egypt Exploration Fund and his rare books to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; and he left a legacy to establish a Chair in Egyptology at Cambridge University. He died in Bath, 26 May 1944.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Christopher Sandford: Correspondence to Sir Herbert Thompson, 1932-1936
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Henry Francis Herbert Thompson: Correspondence and papers
The collection mainly comprises notes and correspondence.
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