Birthdate: August 27, 1865
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Rockford, Illinois, United States
Died: December 2, 1935
James Henry Breasted was an influential American archaeologist, Egyptologist, and historian. He was the first American to receive a doctorate in Egyptology from the University of Berlin. Breasted later became the director of the Haskell Oriental Museum at the University of Chicago, where he was eventually promoted to full professor. He held the first chair in Egyptology and Oriental History in the United States. Breasted was known for his field research in Egypt and the Levant and in 1919, he established the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago.
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