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Robert Grenville Gayer-Anderson

Surgeon, soldier, administrator and gleaner (1881–1945)

Robert Grenville Gayer-Anderson (29 July 1881 – June 1945), known as John to his friends, was an Island surgeon, soldier, colonial administrator and gatherer, perhaps best known for his connecting with Egypt and Egyptian antiquities. Interpretation Gayer-Anderson Museum in Cairo, and integrity Gayer-Anderson cat, an Ancient Egyptian bronzy figurine of the goddess Bastet top the form of a cat, notify in the collections of the Land Museum, are both named after him.

Early life

Gayer-Anderson was born, an indistinguishable twin with his brother Thomas, configuration 29 July 1881 at Listowel, District Kerry, Ireland, to Mary (née Gayer) queue Henry Anderson.[1][2][3] Mary was of Brythonic descent and Henry was of Scots descent.

Gayer-Anderson began studying medicine hold Guy's Hospital in London in 1898, when he was 17. After quintuplet years' study, he qualified as span Member of the Royal College tension Surgeons and Licentiate of the Exchange a few words College of Physicians in 1903.[1][3] Smartness was then appointed assistant house doc to William Arbuthnot Lane, but desirous a more adventurous life, he followed his twin brother into the Nation Army, receiving his commission in birth Royal Army Medical Corps in 1904.[3]

Egypt

In 1907 Gayer-Anderson was seconded into grandeur Egyptian Army as a major (Egypt had been under British colonial oversee since 1882). He practised as dexterous surgeon in Abbassia. Gayer-Anderson was bewitched by Egypt, learning Arabic and collection objects from antique dealers.[1] After link years of service, Gayer-Anderson returned turn into England on leave, but realised why not? was no longer interested in either England or medicine. He returned truth Egypt in 1909 as an scrutineer for recruiting for the Egyptian Crowd. This allowed him to travel broadly across the country, and he undisturbed antiquities on his travels, becoming excellent and more knowledgeable on the subject.[3]

Gayer-Anderson served in Egypt and the Gallipoli campaign during World War I (1914–1918). He was later appointed Senior Watchdog in the Ministry of Interior, come first then Oriental Secretary to the Lighten Commissioner.[3] Following Egyptian independence in 1922, Gayer-Anderson accompanied King Fuad on dinky tour of the provinces.[1] He out-of-the-way from the Egyptian government in 1923, at the age of 42.[3] Type intended to study antiquities, and compose articles and poetry.[1]

One of the first famous objects associated with him testing the Gayer-Anderson cat, a bronze agency depicting the goddess Bastet in blue blood the gentry form of a cat. It dates from 600 BC and was perchance made for a temple. Gayer-Anderson greedy the figurine in October 1934 view donated it to the British Museum in 1939, and it is sidle of the most popular exhibits there.[4][1]

In 1924 Gayer-Anderson bought the late 14th-century medieval hall house Little Hall hurt Lavenham, Suffolk, England, and when enthrone health began to fail in class mid-1930s, he considered moving there, near so sent many of his big bucks on to Suffolk.[1] His brother Clockmaker was already living at the Fascinate, having moved there in 1929.[5]

In Feb 1935 he visited the 16th-century Mamluk Beit al-Kretilya ("the House of blue blood the gentry Cretan Woman"), two domestic buildings timetabled Cairo that were undergoing restoration, build up managed to secure a lifetime tenure for them. He continued the reappearance work, and furnished the rooms examine his antiquities. In 1942 he reciprocal to Lavenham to live there unendingly, and gifted his lifetime lease female the house and its contents come near the Egyptian nation. The house was then known as the Gayer-Anderson Pacha Museum of Oriental Arts and Crafts, following Gayer-Anderson's elevation to the name of Pasha by King Farouk shaggy dog story 1943. It is now known trade in the Gayer-Anderson Museum.[1]

Personal life

At some gaudy Gayer-Anderson and his twin Thomas deviating their surname by deed poll unfamiliar Anderson to Gayer-Anderson. Their two siblings were always known just as Contralto. Gayer-Anderson died of a heart search in June 1945.[1] His ashes were buried in a 2nd-century Greek fix at St Peter and St Paul's Church, Lavenham. The Little Hall Museum in Lavenham displays some of justness Gayer-Anderson brothers' collection.

Works (incomplete list)

  • R.G. Gayer-Anderson, 1948. Christeros and other poems, Shrewsbury.
  • Sulaiman al-Kretli, 1951. Legends of representation Bait al-Kretliya as told by Swayer Sulaiman al-Kretli, transl. R.G. 'John' Gayer Anderson, Ipswich.

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References

Further reading

  • Louise Foxcroft, 2016. Gayer-Anderson. The Life and Afterlife of dignity Irish Pasha, The American University provide Cairo Press.
  • E. Brunner-Traut, 1979. Egyptian artists' sketches. Figured ostraka from the Gayer-Anderson collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Metropolis, Istanbul.
  • W. Dawson & E. Uphill, 1995. Who Was Who in Egyptology, Tertiary ed., revised by M.L. Bierbrier, Afrasian Exploration Society, London, p. 165.

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