Anna Anderson Morton

Anna Anderson Morton (1876–1961)^[1] was an early twentieth century British Egyptologist and one of a small group of women active in that area at that time.^[2] She was a student at University College London 1884-1902. She studied under Flinders Petrie and one of the group known as the "Petrie Pups"^[3] along with Mary Brodrick with whom Anderson Morton co-authored a dictionary of Egyptian Archaeology and a scholarly article in the PSBA. She translated Gaston Maspero's Au temps de Ramses et d'Assourbanipal into English which was published as Life in Ancient Egypt and Assyria. Her death was registered in the Croydon district of Surrey.^[1]

Selected publications

• Maspero, Gaston. Life in Ancient Egypt and Assyria. Chapman & Hall, London, 1892. (Translator)
• "The Tomb of Pepu ankh (khua), near Sharona". PSBA, 21 (1899), pp. 26-33. (With Mary Brodrick)
• A Concise Dictionary of Egyptian Archaeology: A handbook for students and travellers. Methuen, London, 1902. (With Mary Brodrick)

References

1. England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription. findmypast.co.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2015. (subscription required)
2. Brodrick, Mary (1858–1933). David Gill, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2 February 2015. (subscription required)
3. Janssen, Rosaling & Jac. (1999) "Excavating in the Petrie Museum" in A. Leahy & J. Tait (Eds.) Studies on Ancient Egypt in Honour of H.S. Smith. London: Egypt Exploration Society, pp. 151–156. ISBN 0856981516