James Henry Breasted
American archaeologist, Egyptologist and historian (1865-1935) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 70
James Henry Breasted was an American archaeologist, Egyptologist, and historian. After completing his PhD at the University of Berlin in 1894 - the first American to obtain a doctorate in Egyptology - he joined the faculty of the University of Chicago.
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In 1901, he became director of the Haskell Oriental Museum at the university, where he continued to concentrate on Egypt. In 1905, Breasted was promoted to full professor and held the first chair in Egyptology and Oriental History in the United States.
