George Willoughby Fraser

George Willoughby Fraser
Born (1866-08-05)August 5, 1866 (baptized)
Mereworth
Died November 24, 1923(1923-11-24) (aged 57)
Bath, Somerset
Occupation civil engineering, Egyptology
Known for Fraser Tombs
Parent(s) Sir Thomas Fraser and Matilda Wildman

George Willoughby Fraser (baptized August 5, 1866 – November 24, 1923) was an English civil engineer who operated at the service of the Egypt Exploration Fund. His parents were Sir Thomas Fraser and Matilda Wildman.

As part of his work for the Egypt Exploration Fund, he worked as a draftsman in the excavations conducted by Sir Flinders Petrie, Percy Edward Newberry and Marcus Worsley Blackden in the Faiyum, in Beni Hasan, in Deir el-Bersha and in the quarries of Hatnub. Less well known is his description of the burial ground dating to the 4th and 5th dynasties, two kilometers south of Tuna el-Gebel, later renamed Fraser Tombs in his honor.[1]

Significant works

References

  1. Warren R. Dawson, Eric P. Uphill: Who was who in Egyptology. 3rd revised edition, by Morris L. Bierbrier. The Egypt Exploration Society, London 1995, ISBN 0-85698-125-7, p. 157.


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