Amelia Edwards
English novelist, journalist, traveller and egyptologist (1831-1892) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 60
Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards, also known as Amelia B. Edwards, was an English novelist, journalist, traveller and Egyptologist.
Amelia Edwards is read about 55 times a day, in 21 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 16 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?People around Amelia
Close ties
Media & music
Photos 8
Bust of Amelia Edwards, Petrie Museum, University College, London![Titian's birthplace, in Pieve di Cadore, drawn by Amelia Edwards in her book Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys.[2]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Titian%27s_Birthplace.gif/330px-Titian%27s_Birthplace.gif)
Titian's birthplace, in Pieve di Cadore, drawn by Amelia Edwards in her book Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys.[2]
The Monte Pelmo, as drawn by Edwards during her expedition to the Dolomites
Upper part of a statuette of an Egyptian woman and her husband. 18th Dynasty. From Egypt. From the Amelia Edwards Collection. Now housed in the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London.
Philae (illustration from A Thousand Miles up the Nile)
Great Temple at Abu Simbel (from A Thousand Miles up the Nile)
Upper part, figure of an official of Amenhotep III, from a double statue. From Bubastis (Tell-Basta), Egypt. From the Amelia Edwards Collection. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London.About this person
Her literary successes included the ghost story "The Phantom Coach" (1864), the novels Barbara's History (1864) and Lord Brackenbury (1880), and the travelogue of Egypt A Thousand Miles up the Nile (1877). She also edited a poetry anthology published in 1878.
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1831 to 1892 · aged 60
