William Flinders Petrie

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_College_London
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkbp:birthDate 1853-06-03
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Charlton,_England
gptkbp:child gptkb:John_Flinders_Petrie
gptkbp:deathDate 1942-07-28
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Jerusalem,_Mandatory_Palestine
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_College_London
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:Egyptology
anthropology
archaeology
biblical archaeology
prehistory
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Sir_William_Matthew_Flinders_Petrie
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Flinders Petrie
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Gertrude_Caton-Thompson
gptkb:Howard_Carter
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Augustus_Pitt_Rivers
gptkb:Charles_Piazzi_Smyth
gptkbp:knownFor excavations in Egypt
systematic methodology in archaeology
excavations in Palestine
pioneering sequence dating
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:British_Academy
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableIdea seriation
systematic excavation methods
sequence dating
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:A_History_of_Egypt
gptkb:Methods_and_Aims_in_Archaeology
gptkb:The_Pyramids_and_Temples_of_Gizeh
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:archaeologist
gptkbp:parent gptkb:William_Petrie
gptkb:Anne_Flinders
gptkbp:religion atheism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Cairo
gptkb:London
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Mount_Zion_Cemetery,_Jerusalem
gptkbp:signature William Flinders Petrie signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Hilda_Petrie
gptkbp:studentOf gptkb:Gertrude_Caton-Thompson
gptkb:Margaret_Murray
gptkb:Howard_Carter
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pyramid_of_Senusret_II_at_Lahun
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7