Cyril Aldred

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Cyril Aldred (born February 19, 1914 in Fulham , County of London , † June 23, 1991 in Edinburgh ) was a British Egyptologist , art historian and writer.

Life

Cyril Aldred was born on February 19, 1914 as the third son of Frederick Aldred and Lilian Ethel Aldred, b. Underwood was born in Fulham, now part of London . His father was a civil servant at the post office. After attending the Sloane School in Chelsea , Aldred studied English at King's College London and then art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art at the University of London . During his student days he met the Egyptologist Howard Carter know in 1933 . After completing his studies in 1936, Cyril Aldred became Deputy Director of the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh in 1937 , a position he held throughout his life.

Cyril Aldred wrote several books and worked in the Department of Art and Archeology at the Royal Museum in Edinburgh and at times in the Department of Egyptian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Publications (selection)

  • The Egyptians (= Ancient Peoples and Places . 18). Thames & Hudson, London 1961.
  • Akhenaten, Pharaoh of Egypt. A New Study. Thames & Hudson, London 1968.
    • Akhenaten. God and Pharaoh of Egypt. Translated from the English by Joachim Rehork . Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1968.
  • Jewels of the Pharaohs. Egyptian jewelery of the Dynastic Period. Thames & Hudson, London 1971, ISBN 0-500-27025-2 .
    • The jewels of the pharaohs. Translated from the English by Peter Behrens. Praeger, Munich et al. 1972, ISBN 3-7796-8507-8 .
  • Tutankhamun and Friends. Bellerophon Books, Santa Barbara CA 1977, ISBN 0-88388-043-1 .
  • Egyptian Art in the Days of the Pharaohs, 3100-320 BC. Thames & Hudson, London 1980, ISBN 0-500-18180-2 .
  • with Jean Leclant , Paul Barguet and Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt : L'Empire des Conquérants. L'Egypte au Nouvel Empire (1560-1070) (= L'Univers des Formes. 27). Editions Gallimard, Paris 1979, ISBN 2-07-010969-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas GH James: Cyril Aldred. In: The Journal of Egyptian Archeology. Vol. 78, 1992, pp. 258-266, here p. 259, JSTOR 3822076 .
  2. ↑ Aldred, Cyril. Dictionary of art historians, accessed December 30, 2018 .

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personal data
SURNAME Aldred, Cyril
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Egyptologist, art historian and writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Fulham
DATE OF DEATH June 23, 1991
Place of death Edinburgh