E. A. Wallis Budge

Sir E. A. Wallis Budge
Article announcing Budge's knighthood, 1920
Born
Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge

(1857-07-27)27 July 1857
Bodmin, Cornwall, UK
Died23 November 1934(1934-11-23) (aged 77)
London, UK
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Scientific career
FieldsEgyptology, philology

Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (27 July 1857 – 23 November 1934) was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East.[1] He made numerous trips to Egypt and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan on behalf of the British Museum to buy antiquities, and helped it build its collection of cuneiform tablets, manuscripts, and papyri. He published many books on Egyptology, helping to bring the findings to larger audiences. In 1920, he was knighted for his service to Egyptology and the British Museum.

  1. ^ "Budge, Ernest A. Wallis". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 245.