Ancient Egypt (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) (Paperback)

Comprehensive illustrated work from 1886. Canon George Rawlinson (1812-1902) was a 19th century English scholar and historian. He was born at Chadlington, Oxfordshire, and was the younger brother of Sir Henry Rawlinson. Having taken his degree at the University of Oxford (from Trinity College) in 1838, he was elected to a fellowship at Exeter College, Oxford, in 1840, of which from 1842 to 1846 he was fellow and tutor. He was ordained in 1841, was Bampton lecturer in 1859, and was Camden professor of ancient history from 1861 to 1889.