Petrie << PEE trih >>, Sir Flinders (1853-1942), an English archaeologist, served as professor of Egyptology at University College, London, from 1892 to 1933. In 1894, he founded the British School of Archaeology in Egypt. Petrie showed an early interest in archaeological research, and investigated the ancient British remains at Stonehenge. In 1880, he began a series of surveys and excavations in Egypt that resulted in important discoveries. He founded the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology in 1911. Petrie wrote many works, including Stonehenge (1880), Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh (1883), Ten Years’ Digging in Egypt (1892), Egypt and Israel (1911). He was born William Matthew Flinders Petrie in Charlton, Kent, and was privately educated. 
