Flinders Petrie
E131121
Flinders Petrie was a pioneering British Egyptologist and archaeologist renowned for developing systematic excavation methods and establishing sequences of Egyptian pottery for dating ancient sites.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flinders Petrie canonical | 33 |
| Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1158212 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Flinders Petrie Context triple: [Queen’s Chamber, surveyedBy, Flinders Petrie]
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A.
James Quibell
James Quibell was a British Egyptologist and archaeologist known for his significant excavations and discoveries in ancient Egyptian sites during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Hormuzd Rassam
Hormuzd Rassam was a 19th-century Assyrian-British archaeologist and diplomat known for his significant excavations in Mesopotamia, including major cuneiform discoveries.
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C.
Henry Rawlinson
Henry Rawlinson was a senior British Army general of the First World War, best known for leading Fourth Army in major Western Front offensives.
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D.
Giovanni Battista Belzoni
Giovanni Battista Belzoni was a 19th-century Italian explorer and pioneer of Egyptology known for his large-scale excavations and the removal and transport of monumental ancient Egyptian artifacts.
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E.
Richard William Howard Vyse
Richard William Howard Vyse was a 19th-century British army officer and Egyptologist best known for his controversial excavations and investigations of the Giza pyramids.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Flinders Petrie Target entity description: Flinders Petrie was a pioneering British Egyptologist and archaeologist renowned for developing systematic excavation methods and establishing sequences of Egyptian pottery for dating ancient sites.
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A.
James Quibell
James Quibell was a British Egyptologist and archaeologist known for his significant excavations and discoveries in ancient Egyptian sites during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Hormuzd Rassam
Hormuzd Rassam was a 19th-century Assyrian-British archaeologist and diplomat known for his significant excavations in Mesopotamia, including major cuneiform discoveries.
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C.
Henry Rawlinson
Henry Rawlinson was a senior British Army general of the First World War, best known for leading Fourth Army in major Western Front offensives.
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D.
Giovanni Battista Belzoni
Giovanni Battista Belzoni was a 19th-century Italian explorer and pioneer of Egyptology known for his large-scale excavations and the removal and transport of monumental ancient Egyptian artifacts.
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E.
Richard William Howard Vyse
Richard William Howard Vyse was a 19th-century British army officer and Egyptologist best known for his controversial excavations and investigations of the Giza pyramids.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Egyptologist
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archaeologist ⓘ author ⓘ human ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Knight Bachelor
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Royal Gold Medal for Archaeology ⓘ |
| burialPlace | American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1853-06-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1942-07-28 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | self-taught in archaeology and Egyptology ⓘ |
| employer | University College London ⓘ |
| endTime | 1933 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Petrie ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Egyptology
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Palestinian archaeology ⓘ archaeology ⓘ |
| fullName |
Flinders Petrie
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie
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| givenName |
Matthew
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William ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Christianity ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| influenced |
Gertrude Caton-Thompson
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Howard Carter ⓘ Kathleen Kenyon ⓘ modern archaeological field methods ⓘ |
| knownFor |
pioneering quantitative recording of artifacts
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using pottery seriation to construct relative chronologies ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
British Academy
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Royal Society of Literature ⓘ |
| notableDiscovery |
Merneptah Stele
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Abydos ⓘ
surface form:
excavations at Abydos
excavations at Naqada ⓘ excavations at Tell el-Hesi ⓘ |
| notableFor |
developing sequence dating using Egyptian pottery
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developing systematic excavation methods in archaeology ⓘ establishing ceramic typology for dating ancient sites ⓘ introducing scientific recording standards in field archaeology ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A History of Egypt
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Methods and Aims in Archaeology ⓘ Sequences in Prehistoric Remains ⓘ Giza Pyramids ⓘ
surface form:
The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh
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| occupation | surveyor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Charlton
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Kent ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Jerusalem
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Mandatory Palestine ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Egyptology at University College London ⓘ |
| relative | William Petrie ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Hilda Urlin ⓘ |
| startTime | 1892 ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Egypt
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Palestine ⓘ |
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Subject: Flinders Petrie Description of subject: Flinders Petrie was a pioneering British Egyptologist and archaeologist renowned for developing systematic excavation methods and establishing sequences of Egyptian pottery for dating ancient sites.
Referenced by (34)
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