George Andrew Reisner

George Andrew Reisner

George Andrew Reisner
Born November 5, 1867
Indianapolis, Indiana
Died June 6, 1942 (1942-06-07) (aged 74)
Giza, Egypt
Nationality American
Known for Ancient Egypt
Spouse(s) Mary Putnam Bronson
Children Mary B. Reisner
Parent(s) Mary Elizabeth Mason
George Andrew Reisner I

George Andrew Reisner (November 5, 1867 – June 6, 1942) was an American archaeologist of Ancient Egypt and Palestine.

Biography

George Andrew Reisner was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. His parents were George Andrew Reisner I and Mary Elizabeth Mason. His father’s parents were of German descent.[1]

He married Mary Putnam Bronson, with whom he had a daughter, also called Mary.

In 1889, Reisner was head football coach at Purdue University, coaching for one season and compiling a record of 2–1.

Archaeology career

Upon his studies at Jebel Barkal (The Holy Mountain), in Nubia he found the Nubian kings were not buried in the pyramids but outside of them. He also found the skull of a Nubian female (who he thought was a king) which is in the collection of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard. Reisner believed that Kerma was originally the base of an Egyptian governor and that these Egyptian rulers evolved into the independent monarchs of Kerma.

He also created a list of Egyptian viceroys of Kush. He found the tomb of Queen Hetepheres I, the mother of King Khufu (Cheops in Greek) who built the Great Pyramid at Giza. During this time he also explored mastabas. Arthur Merton, a fellow member of the Cairo Rotary Club, remarked in 1936 in the aftermath of the Abuwtiyuw discovery that Reisner "enjoys an unrivalled position not only as the outstanding figure in present-day Egyptology, but also as a man whose soundness of judgement and extensive general knowledge are widely conceded."[2]

He met Queen Marie of Romania in Giza.[3]

In Egypt, Reisner developed a new archaeological technique which became a standard in the profession, combining the British methods of Petrie, the German methods of Dorpfeld and Koldewey, his own American practicality and his skill for large-scale organization. In 1908, after a decade in Egypt, Reisner headed the Harvard excavation of Samaria.[4]

Timeline

Published works

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Purdue (Independent) (1889)
1889 Purdue 2–1
Purdue: 2–1
Total: 2–1

References

  1. Reisner, George Andrew. A Biographical Dictionary of Historic Scholars.
  2. Merton 1936, p. 23.
  3. George Andrew Reisner
  4. The Archaeology of Palestine, W.F. Albright, 1960, p.34

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