Richard Bethell
First name
Richard
Last name
Bethell
Dates
26 April 1883–15 November 1929
Sources
Bierbrier, Morris L. 2019. Who was who in Egyptology, 5th revised ed. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 49
Role
collaborator
Season(s) active
Biography
British collector. He was born in-Brighton, 26 April 1883, only son of Richard 8. 3rd Baron Westbury and Agatha Manners; he was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford. He made a collection of small antiquities illustrating Egyptian art, of which the manuscript catalogue is in the Wilbour Library of Egyptology at the Brooklyn Museum, and was on the Committee of the EES, 1920-6. Bethelle assisted Howard Carter in the tomb of Tutankhamun. His collection was sold at Sotheby's, 15-17 Dec. 1924. Bethell died in London, 15 Nov. 1929.
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