Identity area
Reference code
Rhoné MSS
Title
Arthur Rhoné Collection
Date(s)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
Context area
Name of creator
(1836-1910)
Biographical history
French author and traveller; he was a close friend of Mariette and frequently accompanied him on his tours of inspection in Upper Egypt, as he also did with Maspero; he thus made many journeys between 1865 and 1882; in 1881 he was attached to the Mission Arch. in Cairo; he contributed many accounts of discoveries in Egypt to the Gaz. des Beaux Arts, le Temps, Mag. Pittoresque, etc., and published a travel book, L'Egypte a petites journies, which enjoyed great popularity, running to several editions; his correspondence is in the Griffith Institute, Oxford; he died 7 June 1910.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Notes and correspondence.