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WILLIAM MATTHEW FLINDERS, an English Egyptologist, grandson of Captain Flinders, the Australian explorer; born June 3, 1853. He made measurements of prehistoric monuments in Great Britain (1875-1880); discovered and excavated the Græco- Egyptian city of Naukratis, in the Delta; and examined the interior of the pyramids at Hawara and Illahun. The results of his researches are found in "Stonehenge: Plans, etc." (1881); "Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh" (1883); "Tanis" (1885-1888); "Ten Years' Dig gings in Egypt" (1892), a popular summary of his Egyptian work; "Six Temples at Thebes" (1897); "Researches Sinai" (1906); "Arts and Crafts in Egypt" (1909); "Egypt and Israel" (1911) "Tools and Weapons" (1917).
Professor of Egyptology, University College, London.