Author:Thomas Joseph Pettigrew

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Thomas Joseph Pettigrew (1791–1865)

sometimes known as "Mummy" Pettigrew; a surgeon and antiquarian who became an expert on Ancient Egyptian mummies. He became well known in London social circles for his private parties in which he unrolled and autopsied mummies for the entertainment of his guests. — Excerpted from Thomas Joseph Pettigrew on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Works

• Dale, Robert (1834), Descriptive account of the panoramic view, &c. of King George's Sound, and the adjacent country
  • Dale publishes a letter from Pettigrew, containing a phrenological analysis of the head of Yagan.

• Pettigrew, T. J. (1834) History of Egyptian Mummies
  • described as "the historic cornerstone of the study in English"

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.