13 Facts About Alan Gardiner

Sir Alan Henderson Gardiner, was an English Egyptologist, linguist, philologist, and independent scholar.

Alan Gardiner is regarded as one of the premier Egyptologists of the early and mid-20th century.

Alan Gardiner then went to Queen's College, Oxford with a scholarship to study Literae humaniores.

Alan Gardiner was later a student of the prominent Egyptologist Kurt Heinrich Sethe in Berlin.

Alan Gardiner died there on 19 December 1963 and, after cremation, his ashes were interred in Iffley churchyard.

In 1902 Alan Gardiner moved to Berlin, to help gather material for Adolf Erman's projected Egyptian dictionary, serving as a sub-editor from 1906 to 1908.

Alan Gardiner otherwise avoided formal academic posts and followed his own academic interests, family wealth enabling him to be financially independent.

Alan Gardiner was an honorary fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford, his alma mater from 1935 until his death.

Alan Gardiner continued to research and publish books and articles until the early 1960s.

Alan Gardiner however exercised an influence on Egyptology far beyond his publications.

Alan Gardiner was a prominent figure in the Egypt Exploration Fund and served as honorary secretary for 1917 to 1920, and later served as its president.

Alan Gardiner was knighted in the 1948 Birthday Honours list.

Alan Gardiner's publications include a 1959 book on his study of Turin King List, and his 1961 work Egypt of the Pharaohs, which covered all aspects of Egyptian chronology and history at the time of publication.