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Hilda Petrie

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Gender Female
Death67 years ago
Date of birth June 8,1871
Zodiac sign Gemini
Born Dublin
Ireland
Date of died November 23,1956
DiedLondon
United Kingdom
Spouse Flinders Petrie
Job Archaeologist
BooksLetters from the Desert: The Correspondence of Flinders and Hilda Petrie
Saqqara Mastabas: Part I-II: 10
Education Queen Elizabeth || University of London
Current partner Flinders Petrie
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Hilda Petrie Life story


Hilda Mary Isabel Petrie was an Irish-born British Egyptologist and wife of Flinders Petrie, the father of scientific archaeology. Having studied geology, she was hired by Flinders Petrie at age 25 as an artist, which led to their marriage and a working partnership that endured for their lifetimes.

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