T. G. H. James

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Thomas Garnet Henry James,

museum curator. He is best known for his career long association with the British Museum, serving with the Department of Ancient Egypt from 1951 to 1988, including 14 years as Keeper. He also had a large number of outside scholarly interests and wrote a large number of important research works on the subject of Ancient Egypt
.

Life

James was born in 1923 in

Eiddon Edwards
on the "Treasures of Tutankhamun" exhibition at the British Museum, which remains the most popular museum exhibition ever staged in Britain. In 1974 he replaced Edwards as Keeper of Ancient Egypt and ran the department successfully until 1988, redeveloping the Egyptian Sculpture Gallery to acclaim in 1981.

Outside his museum work and individual research, James edited the

Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He died in December 2009 and was survived by his son Stephen, his wife having died seven years earlier.[1][2]

Notes

  1. ^ "TGH James". The Daily Telegraph. 25 February 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  2. ^ "T. G. H. James: Egyptologist". The Times. 6 February 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
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