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Howard Carter
British archaeologist and Egyptologist (1874–1939)
For other people named Howard Carter, see Howard Carter (disambiguation).
Howard Carter (9 May 1874 – 2 March 1939) was a British archaeologist and Egyptologist who discoveredthe intact tomb of the 18th DynastyPharaohTutankhamun in November 1922, the best-preserved pharaonic tomb ever found in the Valley of the Kings.
Early life
[edit]Howard Carter was born in Kensington on 9 May 1874,[1] the youngest child (of eleven) of artist and illustrator Samuel John Carter and Martha Joyce Carter (née Sands). His father helped train and develop his artistic talents.
Carter spent much of his childhood with relatives in the Norfolkmarket town of Swaffham, the birthplace of both his parents.[3][4] His father had previously relocated to London, but after three of the children had died young, Carter, who was a sickly child, was moved to Norfolk and raised for the most part by a nurse in Swaffham.[5]
Receiving only limited formal education at Swaffham, he showed talent as an artist. The nearby mansion of the Amherst family, Didlington Hall, contained a sizable collection of Egyptian antiques, which sparked Carter's interest in that subject. Lady Amherst wa
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When Martin Howard Carter was born on 26 August 1854, in Ohio, United States, his father, William Frister Carter, was 37 and his mother, Charlotte A. Smith, was 29. He married Elizabeth Hannah Shearn on 22 February 1877, in Coshocton, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Jackson Township, Coshocton, Ohio, United States for about 20 years and Coshocton, Coshocton, Coshocton, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. He died on 18 November 1912, in Coshocton, Coshocton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in South Lawn Cemetery, Coshocton, Coshocton, Ohio, United States.
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