Person Salt; Henry (1780 - 1827) Salt Henry 1780 - 1827 British Male Lichfield, Staffordshire, England 14 June 1780 The village of Dessuke, near Alexandria, Egypt 29 or 30 October 1827 Burial: Alexandria, Egypt

Career: Learned drawing and painting; studied under Joseph Farrinton and John Hoppner in London (1797-1802); toured India, Ceylon and Abyssinia with George Viscount Valentia (FRS 1816) (1802-1806); sent by the Government to Abyssinia (1809-1811); British Consul General for Egypt (1815-1827); discovered the Abu Simbel inscriptions (1817); collected Egyptian antiquities and in 1818 sold some to the British Museum, including the splendid bust of Rameses II, others to the French government; died of a disease of the spleen Son of a Lichfield doctor Fellow 26/11/1812 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 14 Jun 1780 - 29 or 30 Oct 1827 NA5489 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 36dd5495-4fa6-40b1-8dc3-a960957977e1