- WILKINSON, SIR JOHN
- Egyptologist, born In Westmorland; studied at Oxford; explored the antiquities of Egypt, and wrote largely on the subject (1797-1875).
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
WILKINSON, SIR JOHN
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