Anna Anderson Morton (1867–1961)England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription. findmypast.co.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2015. Bierbrier, M. 2012. ''Who Was Who in Egyptology''. London: Egypt Exploration Society. was a British Egyptologist and one of a group of women active in that area at that time.Brodrick, Mary (1858–1933).
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from 1884 to 1902, where she studied under Flinders Petrie as a member of the group known as the "Petrie Pups"Janssen, Rosaling & Jac. (1999) "Excavating in the Petrie Museum" in A. Leahy & J. Tait (Eds.) ''Studies on Ancient Egypt in Honour of H.S. Smith''. London: Egypt Exploration Society, pp. 151–156. (which also included

Mary Brodrick Mary (May) Brodrick (5 April 1858 – 13 July 1933) was a British archaeologist and Egyptologist who was one of the first female excavators in Egypt. She persisted in her studies despite the initial opposition of her tutors and fellow students ...

, who collaborated with Morton in co-authoring a dictionary of Egyptian Archaeology and a scholarly article in the ''PSBA)''. She translated

Gaston Maspero Sir Gaston Camille Charles Maspero (23 June 1846 – 30 June 1916) was a French Egyptologist known for popularizing the term "Sea Peoples" in an 1881 paper. Maspero's son, Henri Maspero, became a notable sinologist and scholar of East Asia. ...

's ''Au temps de Ramses et d'Assourbanipal'' into English which was published as ''Life in Ancient Egypt and Assyria''. Her death was registered in the Croydon district of Surrey.

Selected publications

*Maspero, Gaston.
Life in Ancient Egypt and Assyria
'. Chapman & Hall, London, 1892. (Translator) *"The Tomb of Pepu ankh (khua), near Sharona". ''PSBA'', 21 (1899), pp. 26–33. (With Mary Brodrick) *
A Concise Dictionary of Egyptian Archaeology: A handbook for students and travellers
'. Methuen, London, 1902. (With Mary Brodrick)

References

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