Thomas Pettigrew 3297311 225167217 2008-07-12T06:45:12Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[ja:トーマス・ペティグルー]] '''Thomas Joseph Pettigrew''' (1791–1865), sometimes known as '''"Mummy" Pettigrew''', was a [[surgeon]] and [[antiquarian]] who became an expert on [[Ancient Egypt]]ian [[mummy|mummies]]. He became well known in [[London]] social circles for his private parties in which he unrolled and [[autopsy|autopsied]] mummies for the entertainment of his guests. Born in London in 1791, Thomas Pettigrew took medical studies, first as assistant to his father, who was a naval surgeon, and later as an apprentice at the Borough Hospitals. He had a distinguished medical career, becoming surgeon to the [[Duke of Kent]] and the [[Duke of Sussex]]. From the 1830s on, Pettigrew increasingly focused on private practice and his antiquarian interests. He developed an interest in Egyptian mummies, and in 1834 published ''History of Egyptian Mummies'', which has been described as "the historic cornerstone of the study in English" (Peck 1998). During this time he became well-known in London social circles for his private parties, at which he displayed scientific curiosities, such as Egyptian mummies and [[Yagan]]'s head. The [[Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton|Duke of Hamilton]] was so impressed with Pettigrew's work that he engaged Pettigrew to mummify him after his death. The Duke of Hamilton died in August 1852, and in accordance with his wishes his body was mummified by Pettigrew and interred in a [[sarcophagus]] on his estate. When the [[British Archaeological Society]] was founded in 1843, Pettigrew became its founding treasurer. After his wife's death in 1854, he retired from [[medicine]], and focused entirely on his antiquarian interests. He died in 1865 and is buried in [[Brompton Cemetery]], London. ==References== *{{cite book|author=Peck, William H.|year=1998|chapter=Mummies of Ancient Egypt|editor=Aidan, Eve Cockburn and Reyman, Theodore A.|title = Mummies, Disease and Ancient Culture|publisher = Cambridge University Press}} {{Persondata |NAME=Pettigrew, Thomas Joseph |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= |SHORT DESCRIPTION=surgeon, antiquarian, mummy unroller |DATE OF BIRTH=1791 |PLACE OF BIRTH=[[London]] |DATE OF DEATH=1865 |PLACE OF DEATH= }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pettigrew, Thomas}} [[Category:1791 births]] [[Category:1865 deaths]] [[Category:British surgeons]] [[Category:British Egyptologists]] [[Category:English antiquarians]] [[Category:Burials at Brompton Cemetery]] [[ja:トーマス・ペティグルー]]