Battiscombe Gunn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Battiscombe Gunn

English egyptologist and philologist

Date of Birth: 30-Jun-1883

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 27-Feb-1950

Profession: egyptologist, archaeologist, linguist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Battiscombe George "Jack" Gunn, (30 June 1883 – 27 February 1950) was an English Egyptologist and philologist.
He published his first translation from Egyptian in 1906.
He translated inscriptions for many important excavations and sites, including Fayum, Saqqara, Amarna, Giza and Luxor (including Tutankhamun).
He was curator at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and at the University Museum at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
In 1934 he was appointed Professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford, a chair he held until his death in 1950.