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Name: William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Sir
Birth Date: June 3, 1853
Death Date: July 23, 1942
Place of Birth: Charlton, England
Place of Death: Jerusalem, Palestine
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: archaeologist

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Biography of William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Sir
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Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853-1942) was an English archaeologist who revolutionized excavation methods, thus laying the basis for modern archaeological techniques. Flinders Petrie was born on June 3, 1853, at Charlton near Greenwich. He was...


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1853-1942 English archaeologist who was among the first to emphasize preserving scientific knowledge by the careful excavation of an entire site, rather than simply hunting for spectacular finds. Early in his career, Petrie investigated the ancient...


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Letters from the Desert: The Correspondence of Flinders and Hilda Petrie.(Book Review)
03/01/2005: 1,046 words, approx. 4 pages
The Correspondence of Flinders and Hilda Petrie Edited by Margaret Drower Aris and Phillips, 20 [pounds sterling] ISBN 0 85668 748 0 Remarkable letters bring to life the marriage and careers of two staunch and intrepid pioneering Egyptologists, from fighting off robbers...
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Journal of Australian Studies
Miriam Estensen, The Life of Matthew Flinders.(Book Review)
03/01/2003: 813 words, approx. 3 pages
Allen & Unwin, 2002, pp 538, hb $59.95. ISBN 1865085154. Sometime after 1774, somewhere in England, a small boy's hand reached for a copy of Robinson Crusoe. Many years later, the trembling hand of a seventy year old reached for the thick...
 


 

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