Thomas Eric Peet (12 August 1882,

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– 22 February 1934,

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) was an

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Biography

Thomas Eric Peet (professionally he used the form T. Eric Peet) was the son of Thomas and Salome Peet. He was educated at

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and at

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. From 1909 onwards he conducted excavations in

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for the

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. From 1913 to 1928, he was lecturer in Egyptology at

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, though he also saw service in

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as a lieutenant in the

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. From 1920 to 1933, he was

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at the

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. In 1933 he was appointed

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in Egyptology at the

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, houses the university's Egyptology library, and it is named the Peet Library in his honor.

Works

*''The Stone and Bronze Ages in Italy and Sicily'', Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909 *''Rough Stone Monuments and their Builders'', London: Harper & Brothers, 1912 *''The Mayer Papyri A & B, Nos. M11162 and M11186 of the Free Public Museums, Liverpool'', London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1920 (see also

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) *''The Cemeteries of Abydos. Part II. 1911–1912'', London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1914 *''The Inscriptions of Sinai'' (in collaboration with Alan H. Gardiner), London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1917 *
Egypt and the Old Testament
', London: Hodder & Stoughton for Liverpool University Press, 1922 *''The City of Akhenaten: Excavations of 1921 and 1922 at El-'Amarneh'', (in collaboration with C Leonard Woolley), London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1923 *''The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus: British Museum 10057 and 10058'', London: Hodder & Stoughton for Liverpool University Press, 1923 (see also

Rhind Mathematical Papyrus The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus (RMP; also designated as papyrus British Museum 10057 and pBM 10058) is one of the best known examples of ancient Egyptian mathematics. It is named after Alexander Henry Rhind, a Scottish antiquarian, who purchased ...

) *''The Great Tomb-Robberies of the Twentieth Egyptian Dynasty: Being a critical study, with translations and commentaries, of the papyri in which these are recorded'', Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1930 (see also

Abbott Papyrus The Abbott Papyrus serves as an important political document concerning the tomb robberies of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt during the New Kingdom. It also gives insight into the scandal between the two rivals Pawero and Paser of Thebes. The A ...

) *''A Comparative Study of the Literatures of Egypt, Palestine, and Mesopotamia. Egypt's Contribution to the Literature of the Ancient World', London: H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1931 (

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for 1929)

References

*''Who was who 1929–1940'', 1941

External links

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