Definition: Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (June 3, 1853 - July 28, 1942) was a British archaeologist and Egyptologist who was knighted in 1923. He investigated the Great Pyramid and developed dating techniques, especially, "Sequence Dating," which he first used in Palestine, and is still used by archaeologists. Petrie used potsherds previously discarded as rubbish to help with dating. By means of potsherds Petrie identified two Greek cities in the Nile Delta, Naukcratis and Daphne. He made other important Egyptian discoveries, including royal tombs of the first dynasty at Abydos, the palace of Akhenaten at Tell el-Amarna, Roman period mummies, and a Middle Kingdom town.
Source: Margaret S. Drower "Petrie, William Matthew Flinders" The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt. Ed. Donald B. Redford, Oxford University Press, Inc., 2001
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William Matthew Flinders Petrie was homeschooled by his father William Petrie and his mother Anne, daughter of navigator and explorer Matthew Flinders.
