Background
JAMES, Thomas Garnet Henry was born on May 8, 1923 in Neath, Wales. Son of Thomas Garnet James and Edith James (née Griffiths).
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- The Mastaba of Khentika 1953, The Hekanakhte Papers 1962, Hieroglyphic Texts in the British Museum, I (revised) 1961, 9 1970, Archaeology of Ancient Egypt 1972, Corpus of Hieroglyphic Inscriptions in The Brooklyn Museum, 1 1974, Pharaoh’s People 1984, Egyptian Painting 1985, Ancient Egypt: The Land and Its Legacy 1988.
Thomas Garnet Henry JAMES
Edit ProfileEducation
Neath Grammar School and Exeter College Oxford.
Career
Served in army (R.A.) 1942-1945. Assistant Keeper, British Museum 1951-1974. Laycock Student, Worcester College Oxford 1954-1960.
Keeper of Egyptian Antiquities, British Museum 1974-1988. Chairman Egypt Exploration Society 1983-1989, Vice President 1990. Chairman Advisory Committee, Freud Museum since 1987.
Wilbour Fellow, The Brooklyn Museum 1964. Visiting Professor, College de France 1983. Visiting Professor Memphis State University 1990.
Works
Other Work
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The Mastaba of Khentika 1953, The Hekanakhte Papers 1962, Hieroglyphic Texts in the British Museum, I (revised) 1961, 9 1970, Archaeology of Ancient Egypt 1972, Corpus of Hieroglyphic Inscriptions in The Brooklyn Museum, 1 1974, Pharaoh’s People 1984, Egyptian Painting 1985, Ancient Egypt: The Land and Its Legacy 1988.
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Membership
German Archaeological Institute.
Interests
Connections
Married Diana Margaret Vavasseur-Durel! in 1956.
