George Willoughby Fraser
George Willoughby Fraser (baptized August 5, 1866 in Mereworth , † November 24, 1923 in Bath ) was a civil engineer and worked for the Egypt Exploration Fund . His parents were Sir Thomas Fraser and Matilda Wildman.
As part of his work for the Egypt Exploration Fund, he worked as a draftsman for the excavations under Sir Flinders Petrie , Percy Edward Newberry and Marcus Worsley Blackden in the Fayyum , in Beni Hasan and Dair al-Berscha and in the quarries of Hatnub . Less well known is his description of the burial ground from the 4th and 5th dynasties two kilometers south of Tihna al-Jabal , which today bears his name.
Publications
- Mr. G. Willoughby Fraser's Report on the Survey of the Wady Dêr en-Nakhleh. In: Francis L. Griffith , Percy E. Newberry : El Bersheh. Part 2. Egypt Exploration Fund et al., London 1895, pp. 55-66, digitized .
- The early tombs at Tehneh. In: Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte. Jg. 3, 1902, ISSN 1687-1510 , pp. 67-76, 122-130, 5 plates.
literature
- Warren R. Dawson, Eric P. Uphill: Who was who in Egyptology. 3rd revised edition, by Morris L. Bierbrier. The Egypt Exploration Society, London 1995, ISBN 0-85698-125-7 , p. 157.
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| SURNAME | Fraser, George Willoughby |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Egyptologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized August 5, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mereworth |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 24, 1923 |
| Place of death | Bath |