Sir Gardner Wilkinson and His Circle / / Jason Thompson.
Following in the footsteps of Napoleon's army, Europeans invaded Egypt in the early nineteenth century to gaze in wonder at the massive, inscrutable remains of its ancient civilizations. One of these travelers was a twenty-four-year-old Englishman, John Gardner Wilkinson. His copious observatio...
Saved in:
Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000 |
---|---|
VerfasserIn: | |
Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©1992 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
Online Access: | |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (326 p.) |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
9780292754850 |
---|---|
ctrlnum |
(DE-B1597)587272 (OCoLC)1286807349 |
collection |
bib_alma |
record_format |
marc |
spelling |
Thompson, Jason, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Sir Gardner Wilkinson and His Circle / Jason Thompson. Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021] ©1992 1 online resource (326 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction & Map -- 1. The Origins of an Egyptologist -- 2. The Origins of Egyptology -- 3. Egypt -- 4. Life in Cairo and a Trip into the Eastern Desert -- 5. More Explorations: Geographic, Antiquarian, and Hieroglyphic -- 6. British Colleagues in Egypt -- 7. Life among the Tombs -- 8. "One Seems Tied Down to It for Life" -- 9. England Again -- 10. Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians -- 11. Sir Gardner Wilkinson -- 12. A Gentleman Scholar -- 13. Brynfield -- Epilogue -- Appendix: A Note on the Wilkinson Manuscripts -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Following in the footsteps of Napoleon's army, Europeans invaded Egypt in the early nineteenth century to gaze in wonder at the massive, inscrutable remains of its ancient civilizations. One of these travelers was a twenty-four-year-old Englishman, John Gardner Wilkinson. His copious observations of ancient and modern Egyptian places, artifacts, and lifeways, recorded in such widely read publications as Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians and Handbook for Travellers in Egypt, made him the leading early Victorian authority on ancient Egypt and paved the way for thc scientific study of Egyptology. In this first full-scale biography of Wilkinson (1797-1875), Jason Thompson skillfully portrays both the man and his era. He follows Wilkinson during his initial sojourn in Egypt (1821-1833) as Wilkinson immersed himself in a contemporary Egyptian lifestyle and in study of its ancient past. He shows Wilkinson in his circle of friends—among them Edward William Lane, Robert Hay and Frederick Catherwood. And he traces how Wilkinson continued to use his Egyptian material in the decades following his return to England. With the rise of professional Egyptology in the middle and later nineteenth century, Sir Gardner Wilkinson came to be viewed as an amateur and his popularity diminished. Drawing upon recently opened sources, Thompson returns Wilkinson to his rightful place within centuries of Egyptian scholarship and assesses both the vision and the limitations of his work. The result is a compelling portrait of a Victorian "gentleman-scholar" and his cultural milieu. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022) Egyptologists-Great Britain-Biography. Wilkinson, John Gardner,-1797-1875. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000 9783110745351 https://doi.org/10.7560/776432 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292754850 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780292754850/original |
language |
English |
format |
eBook |
author |
Thompson, Jason, Thompson, Jason, |
spellingShingle |
Thompson, Jason, Thompson, Jason, Sir Gardner Wilkinson and His Circle / Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction & Map -- 1. The Origins of an Egyptologist -- 2. The Origins of Egyptology -- 3. Egypt -- 4. Life in Cairo and a Trip into the Eastern Desert -- 5. More Explorations: Geographic, Antiquarian, and Hieroglyphic -- 6. British Colleagues in Egypt -- 7. Life among the Tombs -- 8. "One Seems Tied Down to It for Life" -- 9. England Again -- 10. Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians -- 11. Sir Gardner Wilkinson -- 12. A Gentleman Scholar -- 13. Brynfield -- Epilogue -- Appendix: A Note on the Wilkinson Manuscripts -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
author_facet |
Thompson, Jason, Thompson, Jason, |
author_variant |
j t jt j t jt |
author_role |
VerfasserIn VerfasserIn |
author_sort |
Thompson, Jason, |
title |
Sir Gardner Wilkinson and His Circle / |
title_full |
Sir Gardner Wilkinson and His Circle / Jason Thompson. |
title_fullStr |
Sir Gardner Wilkinson and His Circle / Jason Thompson. |
title_full_unstemmed |
Sir Gardner Wilkinson and His Circle / Jason Thompson. |
title_auth |
Sir Gardner Wilkinson and His Circle / |
title_alt |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction & Map -- 1. The Origins of an Egyptologist -- 2. The Origins of Egyptology -- 3. Egypt -- 4. Life in Cairo and a Trip into the Eastern Desert -- 5. More Explorations: Geographic, Antiquarian, and Hieroglyphic -- 6. British Colleagues in Egypt -- 7. Life among the Tombs -- 8. "One Seems Tied Down to It for Life" -- 9. England Again -- 10. Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians -- 11. Sir Gardner Wilkinson -- 12. A Gentleman Scholar -- 13. Brynfield -- Epilogue -- Appendix: A Note on the Wilkinson Manuscripts -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
title_new |
Sir Gardner Wilkinson and His Circle / |
title_sort |
sir gardner wilkinson and his circle / |
publisher |
University of Texas Press, |
publishDate |
2021 |
physical |
1 online resource (326 p.) |
contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction & Map -- 1. The Origins of an Egyptologist -- 2. The Origins of Egyptology -- 3. Egypt -- 4. Life in Cairo and a Trip into the Eastern Desert -- 5. More Explorations: Geographic, Antiquarian, and Hieroglyphic -- 6. British Colleagues in Egypt -- 7. Life among the Tombs -- 8. "One Seems Tied Down to It for Life" -- 9. England Again -- 10. Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians -- 11. Sir Gardner Wilkinson -- 12. A Gentleman Scholar -- 13. Brynfield -- Epilogue -- Appendix: A Note on the Wilkinson Manuscripts -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
isbn |
9780292754850 9783110745351 |
url |
https://doi.org/10.7560/776432 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292754850 https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780292754850/original |
illustrated |
Not Illustrated |
dewey-hundreds |
900 - History & geography |
dewey-tens |
930 - History of ancient world (to ca. 499) |
dewey-ones |
932 - Egypt to 640 |
dewey-full |
932/.007202 |
dewey-sort |
3932 47202 |
dewey-raw |
932/.007202 |
dewey-search |
932/.007202 |
doi_str_mv |
10.7560/776432 |
oclc_num |
1286807349 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT thompsonjason sirgardnerwilkinsonandhiscircle |
status_str |
n |
ids_txt_mv |
(DE-B1597)587272 (OCoLC)1286807349 |
carrierType_str_mv |
cr |
hierarchy_parent_title |
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000 |
is_hierarchy_title |
Sir Gardner Wilkinson and His Circle / |
container_title |
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000 |
_version_ |
1770176147905052672 |
fullrecord |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>04609nam a22006735i 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">9780292754850</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-B1597</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20220426115627.0</controlfield><controlfield tag="006">m|||||o||d||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="007">cr || ||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">220426t20211992txu fo d z eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9780292754850</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="024" ind1="7" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">10.7560/776432</subfield><subfield code="2">doi</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-B1597)587272</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)1286807349</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="b">eng</subfield><subfield code="c">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="044" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">txu</subfield><subfield code="c">US-TX</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">BIO000000</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2="4"><subfield code="a">932/.007202</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Thompson, Jason, </subfield><subfield code="e">author.</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield><subfield code="4">http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Sir Gardner Wilkinson and His Circle /</subfield><subfield code="c">Jason Thompson.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Austin : </subfield><subfield code="b">University of Texas Press, </subfield><subfield code="c">[2021]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="c">©1992</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1 online resource (326 p.)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text</subfield><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">computer</subfield><subfield code="b">c</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">online resource</subfield><subfield code="b">cr</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="347" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text file</subfield><subfield code="b">PDF</subfield><subfield code="2">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="t">Frontmatter -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Contents -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Acknowledgments -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Introduction & Map -- </subfield><subfield code="t">1. The Origins of an Egyptologist -- </subfield><subfield code="t">2. The Origins of Egyptology -- </subfield><subfield code="t">3. Egypt -- </subfield><subfield code="t">4. Life in Cairo and a Trip into the Eastern Desert -- </subfield><subfield code="t">5. More Explorations: Geographic, Antiquarian, and Hieroglyphic -- </subfield><subfield code="t">6. British Colleagues in Egypt -- </subfield><subfield code="t">7. Life among the Tombs -- </subfield><subfield code="t">8. "One Seems Tied Down to It for Life" -- </subfield><subfield code="t">9. England Again -- </subfield><subfield code="t">10. Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians -- </subfield><subfield code="t">11. Sir Gardner Wilkinson -- </subfield><subfield code="t">12. A Gentleman Scholar -- </subfield><subfield code="t">13. Brynfield -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Epilogue -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Appendix: A Note on the Wilkinson Manuscripts -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Notes -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Selected Bibliography -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Index</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="506" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">restricted access</subfield><subfield code="u">http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec</subfield><subfield code="f">online access with authorization</subfield><subfield code="2">star</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Following in the footsteps of Napoleon's army, Europeans invaded Egypt in the early nineteenth century to gaze in wonder at the massive, inscrutable remains of its ancient civilizations. One of these travelers was a twenty-four-year-old Englishman, John Gardner Wilkinson. His copious observations of ancient and modern Egyptian places, artifacts, and lifeways, recorded in such widely read publications as Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians and Handbook for Travellers in Egypt, made him the leading early Victorian authority on ancient Egypt and paved the way for thc scientific study of Egyptology. In this first full-scale biography of Wilkinson (1797-1875), Jason Thompson skillfully portrays both the man and his era. He follows Wilkinson during his initial sojourn in Egypt (1821-1833) as Wilkinson immersed himself in a contemporary Egyptian lifestyle and in study of its ancient past. He shows Wilkinson in his circle of friends—among them Edward William Lane, Robert Hay and Frederick Catherwood. And he traces how Wilkinson continued to use his Egyptian material in the decades following his return to England. With the rise of professional Egyptology in the middle and later nineteenth century, Sir Gardner Wilkinson came to be viewed as an amateur and his popularity diminished. Drawing upon recently opened sources, Thompson returns Wilkinson to his rightful place within centuries of Egyptian scholarship and assesses both the vision and the limitations of his work. The result is a compelling portrait of a Victorian "gentleman-scholar" and his cultural milieu.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="538" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="546" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">In English.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="588" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Egyptologists-Great Britain-Biography.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Wilkinson, John Gardner,-1797-1875.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General.</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="773" ind1="0" ind2="8"><subfield code="i">Title is part of eBook package:</subfield><subfield code="d">De Gruyter</subfield><subfield code="t">University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000</subfield><subfield code="z">9783110745351</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://doi.org/10.7560/776432</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292754850</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="3">Cover</subfield><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780292754850/original</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">978-3-11-074535-1 University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000</subfield><subfield code="b">2000</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_BACKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBACKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EEBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ESSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ESTMALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_PPALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_SSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_STMALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">GBV-deGruyter-alles</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA11SSHE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA12STME</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA13ENGE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA17SSHEE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA18STMEE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA5EBK</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |