James Henry Breasted

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Egyptologist archaeologist historian human

James Henry Breasted was an influential American archaeologist and historian who helped establish Egyptology as a formal academic discipline in the United States and founded the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Egyptologist ⓘ archaeologist ⓘ historian ⓘ human ⓘ
academicDegree	PhD in Egyptology ⓘ
burialPlace	Rockford, Illinois ⓘ surface form: Rockford, Illinois, United States
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1865-08-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1935-12-02 ⓘ
educatedAt	Northwestern University ⓘ Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ surface form: University of Berlin Yale University ⓘ
employer	University of Chicago ⓘ
era	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
familyName	James Henry Breasted self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Breasted
fieldOfWork	Egyptology ⓘ ancient Near Eastern history ⓘ archaeology ⓘ
founded	Oriental Institute Museum ⓘ surface form: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
givenName	James ⓘ
hasOccupation	author ⓘ university professor ⓘ
influenced	development of Egyptology in North America ⓘ modern study of the ancient Near East ⓘ
knownFor	founding the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago ⓘ helping establish Egyptology as an academic discipline in the United States ⓘ translations of ancient Egyptian texts ⓘ
languageSpokenWritten	English ⓘ German ⓘ ancient Egyptian ⓘ
memberOf	American Historical Association ⓘ
middleName	Henry ⓘ
name	James Henry Breasted self-link ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableWork	A History of Egypt ⓘ Ancient Records of Egypt ⓘ Ancient Times: A History of the Early World ⓘ The Dawn of Conscience ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Rockford, Illinois ⓘ surface form: Rockford, Illinois, United States
placeOfDeath	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York, United States
positionHeld	Director of the Oriental Institute ⓘ Professor of Egyptology and Oriental History at the University of Chicago ⓘ
religion	Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
workLocation	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ

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