From Islington to the Nile: Amelia B. Edwards

Saturday, 08 Mar 2025

Clerkenwell Library

Dr Margaret C. Jones

PowerPoint talk for Islington Heritage on International Women's Day, on the life of Amelia B. Edwards. The influence on her of Islington's cultural life. Her discovery of Ancient Egypt and Egyptology; her founding in later life of institutions in London: the Egypt Exploration Society, and Britain's first Chair of Egyptology at University College, London.