Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797-1875)

John Gardner Wilkinson spent at least 12 years in Egypt, where he wrote about and sketched the things he saw. Wilkinson's passion for both ancient and modern Egypt, lead him to become known as the 'Father of British Egyptology'. He left his collection of antiquities, and his diaries, to Harrow, where he went to school, so that pupils might learn about the cultures he witnessed at first-hand.

Harrow School

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“Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797-1875),” Ancient Egyptian Animal Bio Bank, accessed April 28, 2025, https://www.mummies.manchester.ac.uk/items/show/152.