| LC control no. | nb 99189727 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Davis, Theodore M., 1837-1915 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Egypt |
| Located | Newport (R.I.) |
| Birth date | 1837 |
| Death date | 1915-02-23 |
| Place of birth | Springfield (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Florida |
| Field of activity | Archaeology Egypt--Antiquities Finance Excavations (Archaeology)--Finance Law |
| Profession or occupation | Egyptologists Capitalists and financiers Lawyers |
| Found in | The tomb of Iouiya and Touiyou, 2000: t.p. (Theodore M. Davis) LC database, Sept. 9, 2005 (Davis, Theodore M., d. 1915) Email from MiKW, Sept. 9, 2005 (His Tomb of Hatshopsitu: t.p. Theodore M. Davis) cover, p. 4 (Theodore M. Davis (1837-1915); wealthy American financier and lawyer and one of the key figures in the history of archaeological exploration in the Valley of the Kings) Davis, T.M. The tomb of Siphtah, 2001: t.p. (Theodore M. Davis) page 4 of cover (1837-1915; a wealthy American financier and lawyer and one of the key figures in the history of archaeological exploration in the Valley of the Kings; he; English archaeologist Edward R. Ayrton, digging on behalf of Theodore M. Davis) Wikipedia, 25 November 2015 (Theodore M. Davis (1837-February 23, 1915); Theodore Montgomery Davis; an American lawyer; is best known for his excavations in Egypt's Valley of the Kings between 1902 and 1914; born in Springfield, New York; after a career in the law and business, he moved to Newport, Rhode Island in 1882; spent his winters in Europe and on digs in Egypt (from 1900); died in Florida; starting in 1902, Davis acted as private sponsor for the Antiquities Service; during period 1902-1905, excavations were conducted in his name by the inspector-general of antiquities for Upper Egypt (between 1902 and 1904, Howard Carter and for the 1904-1905 season James E. Quibell); 1905-1914, employed his own archaeologists, with excavations conducted by Edward R. Ayrton (1905-1908), E. Harold Jones (1908-1911) and Harry Burton (1912-1914)) |
| Associated language | eng |
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