Campbell Cowan Edgar
Campbell Cowan Edgar | |
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Born | Zenon Papyri | 26 December 1870
Spouse | Jessie Florence Robertson Edgar |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Archaeology, Egyptology and papyrology |
Institutions | The Egyptian Museum, Cairo |
Campbell Cowan Edgar (26 December 1870–10 May 1938) was a Scottish
Early life
Edgar was in
Education
The young Campbell was educated at
Career
Among C.C. Edgar's early archaeological expeditions was an investigation of the temple at
Already a scholar of
In 1914, a hoard of ancient papyrus documents known as the
In 1925, C.C. Edgar was appointed keeper and secretary-general of the Cairo Museum. He retired in 1927 and returned to Britain.[1][2][3]
Death and legacy
Campbell Cowan Edgar died in Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire, England. He was buried in Rectory Lane Cemetery, the burial ground of the Church of St Peter, Great Berkhamsted and his grave is marked with a headstone carved in the shape of a papyrus scroll. His wife, Jessie Robertson Smith, outlived him by 32 years and was buried with him when she died in 1970.[3]
C.C. Edgar is still cited today by Egyptology scholars. Edgar donated a number of his archaeological finds to the collection of the British Museum in London, including Cycladic and Minoan artefacts, and items from Naukratis.[7]
References
Citations
- ^ a b c d e Bierbrier 2012, p. 171.
- ^ a b c d e Guérud 1939, pp. 3–10.
- ^ a b c d e "Edgar plot". Rectory Lane Cemetery. Friends of St Peter's Berkhamsted. 2021. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ "Campbell Cowan Edgar, Department Of Antiquities". Dalrymple Crescent Families. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ "Digging II: 19th-century Kynosarges and the Melos Campaign in the BSA SPHS Image Collection". British School at Athens. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ Spencer, Jeffrey. "Hogarth photographs". British Museum. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Collections Online | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
Sources
- Bierbrier, M.L. (2012). Who was who in Egyptology. Egypt Exploration Society. ISBN 9780856982071.
- Guérud, O. (1939). "Campbell Cowan Edgar (1870-1938)". Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte, Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte. Cairo.
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External links
- Edgar, C. C. (Campbell Cowan) (1905). "Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire: Graeco-Egyptian coffins, masks and portraits". Le Caire : Impr. de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- Edgar, Campbell Cowan (1870-1938) (1940). Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire N° 59801-59853: Zenon Papyri t.V (in French). Le Caire Impr. de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
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