Edwards Professor of Egyptian Archaeology and Philology

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.

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

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