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Winlock, Herbert Eustis was born on February 1, 1884 in Washington, District of Columbia. Son of William Crawford and Alice (Broom) Winlock.
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Winlock, Herbert Eustis was born on February 1, 1884 in Washington, District of Columbia. Son of William Crawford and Alice (Broom) Winlock.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1906. Honorary Doctor of Letters, Yale, 1933, Princeton University, 1934. University of Michigan, 1936.
Art Doctorate., Harvard, 1938.
Central to the great era of American museum-sponsored Egyptian excavations, Winlock"s work contributed greatly to Egyptology"s development, in particular his reconstruction of the royal lineage of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom. Much of the Met"s collection of Egyptian artifacts comes from his archaeological expeditions, particularly his excavations at Thebes., where he worked for many years on the excavations at the funerary temple of Hatshepshut. Most often known as "the American House" it was the headquarters for Winlock and his distinguished team of archaeologists, several of whom were seconded to work on the tomb of Tutankhamun once it was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922.
In the wake of the Depression, funds for excavating in Egypt began to dry up, and the annual digs at Thebes ceased.
Winlock returned to New York and to the Metropolitan. He served as director of the Met from 1932 until his retirement in 1939 and remained director emeritus until his death.
During that period, his interest in Tutankhamun and the burgeoning myths that had attached themselves to it, remained strong. He consistently discredited the claims that a "curse" attached itself to all those who visited the tomb or who were involved in the work on it -- and continued to do so even when tragedy was visited upon his own family.
His book "Tutankhamun"s Funeral", published in 1941 after his retirement, looks back at the extraordinary events in the Valley of the Kings in 1908 which he witnessed.
Events which -- in due course -- provided Howard Carter with key clues in his search for that pharaoh"s tomb. An extraordinary work -- Winlock was as brilliant a writer as he was an archaeologist -- "Tutankhamun"s Funeral" evokes the era of great discoveries in Egypt, and is infused with a haunting melancholy. His father, William Crawford Winlock, was an assistant secretary at the Smithsonian Institution.
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Served as captain, later major C.A.C., World War. Honorary fellow American Numismatic Society. Member American Oriental Society, American Association Museums (president 1936-1938), American Philosophical Society’ of American Academy Arts and Sciences, Royal Asiatic Society (honorary), Society of the Cincinnati.
Clubs: Century, Round Table (New York).
Married Helen Chandler, October 26, 1912. Children: Frances (deceased), William Crawford (deceased), Barbara.