He was educated at Adams' Grammar School in Newport and Christ Church, Oxford. He became fascinated by the antiquities, and offered himself as a pupil to Professor Flinders Petrie, with whom he worked at Coptos in 1893, then at Nagada, Ballas, Thebes, El Kab, and Hierakonpolis in successive years, including the Ramesseum. He also assisted Cecil Firth in his excavations in Saqqara. Between 1899 and 1904, he also served as chief inspector of antiquities for the Delta and Middle Egypt (Howard Carter, who was chief inspector at Luxor was his opposite). Later, between 1904 and 1905, he was appointed as chief inspector at Saqqara. Between 1914 and 1923, he was a keeper in the Cairo Museum, and served as director of excavations at the Step Pyramid between 1931 and 1935.[citation needed]
After six months' study at the Humboldt University of Berlin he was appointed to the Catalogue Commission of the Egyptian Museum, and in 1899 as an inspector on the staff of the Antiquities Department, a colleague being Howard Carter.
He worked at Saqqara, in the Valley of the Kings (where he discovered the tomb of Yuya and Thuya in 1905), and at Hierakonpolis (ancient Nekhen), where amongst other discoveries his team found the Narmer Palette in 1898. In 1898 he was made an inspector of the Antiquities Service for the Delta and Middle Egyptian regions. He later served as director of the Egyptian Museum from 1914 to 1923 and secretary-general of the Antiquities Service until 1925 when he retired.
james, quibell, james, edward, quibell, november, 1867, june, 1935, british, egyptologist, portrait, born, 1867, november, 1867newport, shropshire, englanddied5, june, 1935, 1935, aged, known, fordiscovery, narmer, palette, 1898, discovery, tomb, yuya, thuya, . James Edward Quibell 11 November 1867 5 June 1935 1 was a British Egyptologist James QuibellPortrait of James QuibellBorn 1867 11 11 11 November 1867Newport Shropshire EnglandDied5 June 1935 1935 06 05 aged 67 Known forDiscovery of the Narmer Palette 1898 Discovery of tomb of Yuya and Thuya 1905 Scientific careerFieldsEgyptology Contents 1 Life 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksLife editQuibbell was born in Newport Shropshire He married the Scottish artist and archaeologist Annie Abernethie Pirie in 1900 2 He was educated at Adams Grammar School in Newport and Christ Church Oxford He became fascinated by the antiquities and offered himself as a pupil to Professor Flinders Petrie with whom he worked at Coptos in 1893 then at Nagada Ballas Thebes El Kab and Hierakonpolis in successive years including the Ramesseum He also assisted Cecil Firth in his excavations in Saqqara Between 1899 and 1904 he also served as chief inspector of antiquities for the Delta and Middle Egypt Howard Carter who was chief inspector at Luxor was his opposite Later between 1904 and 1905 he was appointed as chief inspector at Saqqara Between 1914 and 1923 he was a keeper in the Cairo Museum and served as director of excavations at the Step Pyramid between 1931 and 1935 citation needed After six months study at the Humboldt University of Berlin he was appointed to the Catalogue Commission of the Egyptian Museum and in 1899 as an inspector on the staff of the Antiquities Department a colleague being Howard Carter He worked at Saqqara in the Valley of the Kings where he discovered the tomb of Yuya and Thuya in 1905 and at Hierakonpolis ancient Nekhen where amongst other discoveries his team found the Narmer Palette in 1898 In 1898 he was made an inspector of the Antiquities Service for the Delta and Middle Egyptian regions He later served as director of the Egyptian Museum from 1914 to 1923 and secretary general of the Antiquities Service until 1925 when he retired See also editList of EgyptologistsReferences edit Dennis C Forbes Quibell at Hierakonpolis KMT Fall 1996 p 54 Bierbrier M L 2012 Who Was Who in Egyptology 4th edn London Egypt Exploration Society pp 450 External links editWorks by James Quibell at Project Gutenberg Works by or about James Quibell at Internet Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title James Quibell amp oldid 1178539354, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
