George Robins Gliddon

1809–57

  Diplomat , archaeologist and ethnologist . United States vice-consul at Alexandria for about 20 years. Lectured on Egyptian antiquities in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. Agent for Honduras interoceanic railway at the time of his death. Author of works on archaeology and ethnology.

Sources: Modern English biography

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See also Correspondence, volume(s): 5,8