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REISNER, GEORGE ANDREW: 1867-1942.

George Andrew Reisner , archaeologist and Egyptologist, was born in Indianapolis on Nov. 5, 1867, the son of George Andrew and Mary Elizabeth Mason page: 267[View Page 267] Reisner. He was educated at Harvard University, where he received the A.B., A.M., and Ph.D. degrees. Following a year spent in Berlin as assistant in the Egyptian department of the Royal Museum and a year of teaching at Harvard, he was in Cairo, Egypt, for two years. From 1899 to 1905 he was at the University of California, and after 1905 he was connected with Harvard. He directed many Egyptian expeditions and excavations. He died in Cairo on June 7, 1942.

Information from Who's Who in America and the Indianapolis Public Library.

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