Name Toby Wilkinson Role Egyptologist | ||
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Books The Rise and Fall of Ancient E, The Nile: A Journey Downrive, Early Dynastic Egypt, Genesis of the Pharaohs, Lives of the Ancient Egyptians | ||
Education University of Cambridge | ||
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson- a book review
Toby A. H. Wilkinson (born 1969) is an English Egyptologist and academic. He is the Head of the International Strategy Office at the University of Cambridge, a fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, and was previously a research fellow at Christ's College, Cambridge and Durham University. He was awarded the 2011 Hessell-Tiltman Prize.
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- The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson a book review
- Early life
- Academic career
- Honours
- Selected works
- References
Early life
Wilkinson was born in 1969. He read Egyptology at Downing College, University of Cambridge. He graduated with a first class Bachelor of Arts and was awarded the Thomas Mulvey Egyptology Prize. He completed his PhD at Christ's College, Cambridge in 1993.
Academic career
Wilkinson's first academic position, from 1993 to 1997, was as Lady Wallis Budge Research Fellow in Egyptology at Christ's College, Cambridge. From 1997 to 1999, he was Leverhulme Special Research Fellow at the University of Durham.
He has been a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge since 2003. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Egyptian History. He is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Archaeology, University of Durham. In July 2011, he became Head of the International Strategy Office at the University of Cambridge. In this position. he develops the University's international strategy and helps facilitate international collaborations.
Honours
In 2011, Wilkinson won the Hessell-Tiltman Prize, awarded to the best work of non-fiction of historical content, for his book The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt: the History of a Civilisation from 3000 BC to Cleopatra.