Caroline Ransom Williams
American egyptologist and classical archaeologist (1872–1952) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Caroline Ransom Williams (February 24, 1872 – February 1, 1952) was an Egyptologist and classical archaeologist. She was the first American woman to be professionally trained as an Egyptologist.[1] She worked extensively with the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA) in New York and other major institutions with Egyptian collections, and published Studies in ancient furniture (1905), The Tomb of Perneb (1916), and The Decoration of the Tomb of Perneb: The Technique and the Color Conventions (1932), among others. During the Epigraphic Survey of the University of Chicago Oriental Institute's first season in Luxor, she helped to develop the "Chicago House method" for copying ancient Egyptian reliefs.[2]
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Born | Caroline Louise Ransom (1872-02-24)February 24, 1872 |
Died | February 1, 1952(1952-02-01) (aged 79) |
Nationality | American |
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Grant Williams (after 1916) |
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Thesis | Studies in ancient furniture[1] (1905) |
Doctoral advisor | James Henry Breasted |