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Authorised form of namePetrie; Sir; William Matthew Flinders (1853 - 1942)
Dates1853 - 1942
NationalityBritish
Place of birthCharlton, Kent, England
Date of birth03 June 1853
Place of deathJerusalem, Israel
Date of death28/07/1942
Research fieldEgyptology
Archaeology
ActivityEducation:
Hon DCL (Oxon); LittD (Cant); LLD (Edin); PhD (Strassburg)
Honours:
Kt 1923
Memberships:
Hon Member of German Archaeological Institute and of the Berlin and Roman Anthropological Societies, etc etc
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election05/06/1902
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1945-1948 vol 5 pp 3-16 by Sidney Smith
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/9963139
CodeNA1748
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MS/743/1/136Letter from William Matthew Flinders Petrie, 8 Crescent Road, Bromley, Kent17 June 1892
MM/16/82Letter from Sir Arthur J Evans, St Ives, to W B Dawkins12 September 1925
MS/743/1/148Letter from William Matthew Flinders Petrie, 32 Torrington Square, to [John Hall] Gladstone19 July 1893
IM/003540Petrie, Sir William Matthew Flindersnd
MM/16/85Letter from Sir Arthur J Evans, Youlbury, to W B Dawkins28 December 1925
NLB/46/337Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Fellow of the Royal Society11 July 1912
NLB/24/550Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to William Matthew Flinders Petrie, [Fellow of the Royal Society], 8 Well Road, Hampstead, N.W.2 June 1902
NLB/28/854Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor William Flinders Petrie, Fellow of the Royal Society6 June 1904
NLB/32/853Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Fellow of the Royal Society6 June 1906
NLB/32/861Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Fellow of the Royal Society8 June 1906
NLB/35/493Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Fellow of the Royal Society5 June 1907
NLB/35/533Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Fellow of the Royal Society10 June 1907
NLB/37/638Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor W [William] M [Mathew] Flinders Petrie, Fellow of the Royal Society, 8 Well Road, Hampstead, NW23 April 1908
NLB/40/248Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor [William Matthew] Finders Petrie FRS7 May 1909
NLB/48/734Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [William] Flinders Petrie, Fellow of the Royal Society2 October 1913
NLB/48/333Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [William Matthew] Flinders Petrie, Fellow of the Royal Society17 June 1913
NLB/51/763Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Professor William Flinders Petrie FRS21 June 1915
IM/003541Petrie, Sir William Matthew Flinders1922
NLB/68/477Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [William Matthew] Flinders Petrie, FRS16 July 1925
RR/32/37Referee's report by William Matthew Flinders Petrie, on a paper 'On the chemistry of the ancient Assyrians' by R Campbell ThompsonJune 1925
MS/743/1/114Letter from William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Bromley, Kent, to [John Hall Gladstone]12 July 1889
EC/1902/14Petrie, Sir William Matthew Flinders: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/68/163Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Arthur William] Crossley, FRS22 May 1925
MS/743/1/115Letter from William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Bromley, Kent, to [Mr Offord]12 July 1889
MS/743/1/120Letter from William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Medinet el Fayum, Egypt, to [John Hall] Gladstone17 November 1889
MC/12/297Letter from Wm [William] Flinders Petrie, 8 Crescent Road, Bromley, Kent, to General Cooke, Royal Engineers19 January 1883
MC/12Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1880-1883
MC/17Volume 17 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1897-1899
MC/28/211Letter from [Matthew Flinders] Petrie, 8 Well Road, Hampstead, N.W, to the [Royal Society]13 June 1913
MS/743/1/127Letter from William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Bromley, Kent, to [John Hall] Gladstone22 October 1890
MS/743/1/133Letter from William Matthew Flinder Petrie, 8 Crescent Road, Bromley, Kent, to [John Hall] Gladstone14 October 1891
MS/743/1/132Letter from William Matthew Flinders Petrie, 8 Crescent Road, Bromley, Kent, to [John Hall] Gladstone25 September 1891
MS/743/1/146Letter from William Matthew Flinders Petrie, 32 Torrington Square, to [John Hall] Gladstone7 June 1893
MS/743/1/147Letter from William Matthew Flinders Petrie, 32 Torrington Square, to [John Hall] Gladstone26 June 1893
MS/743/1/169Letter from William Matthew Flinders Petrie, British School of Archaeology in Egypt, University College, Gower Street, London, to [John Hall Gladstone?]23 August [post-1905]
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