Lindsley F. Hall
First name
Lindsley
Middle name / initial
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Last name
Hall
Dates
1883–1969
Sources
Bierbrier, Morris L. 2019. Who was who in Egyptology, 5th revised ed. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 203
Role
Draughtsman
Season(s) active
Biography
American draughtsman. He was born in Portland, Oregon, 21 December 1883, son of Robert F. H. and Aletta T. Lindsley. He studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and in 1913 joined the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Egyptian Expedition as a draughtsman.
He was lent by the Expedition to the Tutankhamun tomb excavation in 1922–1923 to draw plans of the main chamber; his films of the work on the tomb are preserved in the School of Architecture, University of Oregon.
He died in Portland, Oregon, 3 February 1969.
Notes
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