The Edwards Professor of Egyptian Archaeology and Philology is a university professorial chair held at University College London.

History

The chair was founded on the death of Amelia Edwards of the Egyptian Exploration Fund in 1892, who bequeathing her collection of Egyptian antiquities to University College London, together with a sum of £2,500 to found an Edwards Chair of Egyptology. Her protégé, William Matthew Flinders Petrie, was the first to take the chair.

Edwards Professor of Egyptian Archaeology and Philology

Incumbents

1892–1933: Professor Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie

1934–1946: Stephen Glanville

1951–1970: Walter Bryan Emery

1970–1986: Harry S. Smith

1988–1993: Geoffrey Thorndike Martin

1994–2010: John W. Tait

Current: Stephen Quirke

External links

William Petrie

Amelia Edwards

Egyptian Archaeology and Philology, Edwards

1892 establishments in England

Egyptian Archaeology and Philology, Edwards

Edwards Professor of Egyptian Archaeology and Philology