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GEORGE PETRIE (179o-1866)

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 316 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GEORGE See also:PETRIE (179o-1866)  , Irish See also:antiquary, was the son of See also:James See also:Petrie, a native of See also:Aberdeen, who had settled in See also:Dublin as a portrait and See also:miniature painter . He was See also:born in Dublin in See also:January 1790, and was educated as an artist . Besides attaining considerable reputation as a painter of Irish landscape, he devoted much See also:time to the See also:illustration of the antiquities of the See also:country . In 1828 he was appointed to conduct the antiquarian and See also:historical See also:section of the See also:ordnance survey of See also:Ireland . In 1832 he became editor of the Dublin See also:Penny See also:Journal, a periodical designed to disseminate See also:information among the masses, to which he contributed numerous articles on the See also:history of the See also:fine arts in Ireland . Petrie may be regarded as the first scientific investigator of Irish See also:archaeology, his contributions to which are also in themselves of much importance . His See also:Essay on See also:Round Towers, for which in 183o he received the See also:prize of the Irish See also:Academy, still ranks as a See also:standard See also:work . Among his other ' contributions to Irish archaeology are his Essay on the Military See also:Architecture of Ireland and his History and Antiquities of See also:Tara See also:Hill . He died on the 17th of January 1866 . See the See also:Life and Labours in See also:Art and Archaeology of See also:George Petrie, by See also:William See also:Stokes (1868) .

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