AMELIA See also:

• ANN

ANN See also:

• BLANDFORD, or BLANDFORD FORUM

BLANDFORD See also:

• AMELIA ANN BLANDFORD EDWARDS (1831-1892)
• EDWARDS, BELA BATES (18o2-1852)
• EDWARDS, BRYAN (1743–1800)
• EDWARDS, GEORGE (1693–1773)
• EDWARDS, HENRY THOMAS (1837–1884)
• EDWARDS, JONATHAN (1703—1758)
• EDWARDS, LEWIS (1806–1887 )
• EDWARDS, RICHARD (c. 1523–1566)
• EDWARDS, T
• EDWARDS, THOMAS CHARLES (1837–1900)

EDWARDS (1831-1892)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English author and Egyptologist, the daughter of one of See also:

• WELLINGTON
• WELLINGTON, ARTHUR WELLESLEY, 1ST DUKE OF (1769-1852)

Wellington's See also:

• OFFICERS

officers, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 7th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1831 . At a very See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age she displayed considerable See also:

• LITERARY

literary and See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent . She became a contributor to various magazines and See also:

• NEWSPAPERS

newspapers, and besides many See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

miscellaneous See also:

• WORKS

works she wrote eight novels, the most successful of which were Debenham's See also:

• VOW (Lat. votum, vow, promise: cf. VOTE)

Vow (187o) and See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Brackenbury (188o) . In the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter of 1873–1874 she visited See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, and was profoundly impressed by the new openings for archaeological See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research . She learnt the hieroglyphic characters, and made a considerable collection of See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian antiquities . In 1877 she published A Thousand See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

Miles up the See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile, with illustrations by herself . Convinced that only by proper scientific investigations could the wholesale destruction of Egyptian antiquities be avoided, she devoted herself to arousing public See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion on the subject, and ultimately, in 1882, was largely instrumental in See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding the Egypt Exploration Fund, of which she became See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint honorary secretary with Reginald See also:

• STUART, ARABELLA (1575-1615)
• STUART, GILBERT (1755-x828)
• STUART, JAMES EWELL BROWN (1833-1864)
• STUART, JOHN
• STUART, MOSES (1780-1852)
• STUART, SIR JOHN, COUNT

Stuart See also:

• POOLE
• POOLE, MATTHEW (1624-1699)
• POOLE, PAUL FALCONER (1806-1879)
• POOLE, REGINALD STUART (1832-1895)

Poole . For the business of this Fund she' abandoned her other literary See also:

• WORK

work, See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing only on Egyptology . In 1889-1890 she went on a lecturing tour in the See also:

• UNITED

United States . The substance of her lectures was published in See also:

• VOLUME

volume See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form in 1891 as Pharaohs, Fellahs, and Explorers . She died at See also:

• WESTON, THOMAS (1737-1776)

Weston-super-See also:

• MARE

Mare, See also:

• SOMERSET, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SOMERSET, EDMUND BEAUFORT, DUKE OF (c. 1404–1455)
• SOMERSET, EDWARD SEYMOUR, DUKE OF (c. 1506–1552)
• SOMERSET, LORD ROBERT EDWARD HENRY (1776-1842)
• SOMERSET, ROBERT CARR (or KER), EARL OF (e. 1590-1645)

Somerset, on the 15th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1892, bequeathing her valuable collection of Egyptian antiquities to University See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, London, together with a sum to found a See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of Egyptology . See also:

• MISS

Miss See also:

• EDWARDS, AMELIA ANN BLANDFORD (1831-1892)
• EDWARDS, BELA BATES (18o2-1852)
• EDWARDS, BRYAN (1743–1800)
• EDWARDS, GEORGE (1693–1773)
• EDWARDS, HENRY THOMAS (1837–1884)
• EDWARDS, JONATHAN (1703—1758)
• EDWARDS, LEWIS (1806–1887 )
• EDWARDS, RICHARD (c. 1523–1566)
• EDWARDS, T
• EDWARDS, THOMAS CHARLES (1837–1900)

Edwards received, shortly before her See also:

• DEATH

death, a See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension from the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government .