Sir Alan Henderson Gardiner (March 29, 1879 Eltham - December 19, 1963 Oxford) was one of the premier British Egyptologists of the early and mid-Twentieth century. Some of his most important publications include a 1959 book on his study of "The Royal Canon of Turin" and his seminal 1961 work "Egypt of the Pharaohs", which covered all aspects of Egyptian chronology and history at the time of publication. March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Eltham is a place in the London Borough of Greenwich. ... December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ... Egyptologist is the designation given to an archaeologist or historian who specialises in Egyptology, the scientific study of Ancient Egypt and its antiquities. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar (often from (1900 to 1999 in common usage). ... The Turin King List also known as the Turin Royal Canon, is a unique papyrus, written in hieratic, currently in the Museo Egizio (Egyptian Museum) at Turin, to which it owes its modern name. ...

Two major contributions to ancient Egyptian philology by Gardiner are his famous three editions of Egyptian Grammar and its correlated list of all the Middle Egyptian hieroglyphs in Gardiner's Sign List. Publishing Egyptian Grammar produced one of the few available hieroglyphic printing fonts. Ebers Papyrus detailing treatment of asthma. ... It has been suggested that Hieroglyph (French Wiki article) be merged into this article or section. ... Alan Gardiners Egyptian sign list, ( Gardiners Sign List ), is commonly used today, (even by Wikipedia). ...

In 1915 Gardiner was also able to crack the so-called Proto-Sinaitic writing system by deciphering the "B'alat inscriptions". It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with History of alphabets. ...

Important publications

• The Admonitions of an Egyptian Sage from a Hieratic Papyrus in Leiden (Pap. Leiden 334 recto). Leipzig, 1909 (reprint Hildesheim - Zürich - New York, 1990).
• "New Literary Works from Ancient Egypt", JEA 1 (1914), 20-36 and 100-106.
• Notes on the story of Sinuhe. Paris, 1916
• "The Tomb of a much-travelled Theban Official", JEA 4 (1917), 28-38.
• "On Certain Participial Formations in Egyptian", Rev. ég. N.S. 2/1-2 (1920), 42-55.
• "The Eloquent Peasant", JEA 9 (1923), 5-25.
• Egyptian Grammar. Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs. 3rd Ed., Rev. London: Oxford University Press, 1957 (1st edition 1927). ISBN 0-900416-35-1
• "The Earliest Manuscripts of the Instruction of Amenemmes I", Mélanges Maspero I. 2, 479-496. 1934
• Ancient Egyptian Onomastica. Vol. I—III. London, 1947.
• The Ramesseum Papyri. Plates (Oxford 1955)
• The Theory of Proper Names: A Controversial Essay. London; New York: Oxford University Press, 1957.

See also

• Egyptian hieroglyphs
• Pharaoh

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External links

• Alan Gardiner bio