William Matthew Flinders Petrie

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/William_Matthew_Flinders_Petrie

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:archaeologist gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater	self-taught
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
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 archaeology Palestinian archaeology
gptkbp:hasCollection	gptkb:Petrie_Museum_of_Egyptian_Archaeology
gptkbp:honorificPrefix	Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	William Matthew Flinders Petrie
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:archaeological_site
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Matthew_Flinders
gptkbp:knownFor	excavations in Egypt systematic methodology in archaeology excavations in Palestine seriation
gptkbp:legacy	Petrie Museum named after him introduced scientific methods to archaeology pioneered sequence dating
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality	British
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:excavation_of_Abydos gptkb:excavation_of_Amarna gptkb:excavation_of_Tell_el-Hesi excavation of the Pyramids of Giza
gptkbp:parent	gptkb:Anne_Flinders_Petrie gptkb:William_Petrie
gptkbp:positionHeld	gptkb:Edwards_Professor_of_Egyptian_Archaeology_and_Philology
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:A_History_of_Egypt gptkb:Methods_and_Aims_in_Archaeology gptkb:The_Pyramids_and_Temples_of_Gizeh
gptkbp:religion	Agnostic
gptkbp:restingPlace	gptkb:Mount_Zion_Cemetery,_Jerusalem
gptkbp:signature	Flinders Petrie signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Hilda_Petrie
gptkbp:studentOf	gptkb:Margaret_Murray gptkb:Howard_Carter
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Egyptologists
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6