biography
| name: |
Breasted, James Henry
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pronunciation:
[brestid]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1865–1935)
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| biography:
| Egyptologist, born in Rockford, Illinois, USA. The first teacher of Egyptology in America, he was assistant in Egyptology (1895), assistant director of the Haskell Oriental Museum (1895), instructor in Egyptology (1896), and professor of Egyptology and Oriental history, all at the University of Chicago (1905–35), where he founded the Oriental Institute (1919). He is best known for his monumental Ancient Records of Egypt (1906–7), previously unpublished inscriptions with translations, and his translation and editing of the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus (1930), often referred to as the earliest known scientific document. |
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