| LC control no. | n 50033940 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Carter, Howard, 1874-1939 |
| Variant(s) | Karter, Govard, 1874-1939 |
| Located | Norfolk (England) |
| Birth date | 1874-05-09 |
| Death date | 1939-03-02 |
| Place of birth | London (England) |
| Field of activity | Archaeology Egyptology |
| Profession or occupation | Archaeologists Egyptologists |
| Found in | Davis, T. M. The tomb of Iouiya and Touigou ... 1907 James, T.G.H. Howard Carter, 1992: p. 2 (birth certificate, b. 5/9/1874, not 1873 as in WW since 1924) His Grobnit︠s︡a Tutankhamona, 1959: t.p. (Govard Karter) Canavan, Roger. 1922, 2021 : page 14 (Refers to Howard Carter as "the one who discovered Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 and then carefully recorded all the contents." Goes on to further state that Howard was born in London in 1874.) page 15 ("Howard spent much of his childhood with aunts in rural Norfolk.") Wikipedia, July 15, 2021 (Howard Carter (9 May 1874-2 March 1939) was an English archaeologist and Egyptologist. He became world-famous after discovering the intact tomb of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh, Tutankhamun in November 1922, the best-preserved pharaonic tomb ever found in the Valley of the Kings. ) |
| Associated language | eng |
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