I. E. S. Edwards

I. E. S. Edwards

Dr Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards (July 21 1909 - September 24 1996) [ [http://www.sal.org.uk/obituaries/Obituary%20archive/iorwerth-edwards/view?searchterm=museum Obituaries archive - Society of Antiquaries of London] ] - I.E.S. Edwards was for the last half of the 20th century considered to be the world's leading expert and authors on the Pyramids of Egypt.

Life

Born in London, Edwards attended Merchant Taylors' School where he studied Hebrew [ [http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/abcde/edwards_iorwerth.html EMuseum profiles - Minesotta State University] ] and later at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Cambridge University, gaining a 'First' in Oriental Languages. He was awarded the William Wright studentship in Arabic and received his doctorate in 1933.

In 1934 he joined the British Museum as Assistant Keeper in the Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities. He published "Hieroglyphic Texts for Egyptian Stellae.." in 1939. During World War II he was sent to Egypt on military duty. In 1946 he wrote "The Pyramids of Egypt", which was published by Pelican Books in 1947. In 1955 he was appointed the Keeper of Egyptian Antiquities at the British Museum and organized the Tutankhamun exhibition in 1972. He remained there until his retirement in 1974.

On leaving the British Museum he worked with UNESCO during the rescue of the temple complex at Philae. He was also Vice-President of the Egypt Exploration Society, a Fellow of the British Academy (1962) and was awarded the CBE in 1968 for his services to the British Museum.

ee also

*Great Pyramid

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