J. W. B. Barns
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The Reverend Professor J. W. B. Barns |
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| Born |
John Wintour Baldwin Barns 12 May 1912 Bristol, England |
| Died | 23 February 1974 (aged 61) |
| Nationality | British |
| Title | Professor of Egyptology (1965–1974) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Fairfield School |
| Alma mater |
University of Bristol Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
| Thesis title | The character and use of anthologies among the Greek literary papyri: together with an edition of some unpublished papyri (1946) |
| Doctoral advisor | C. H. Roberts |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Egyptology and Classics |
| Sub discipline | Papyrology |
| Institutions |
University of Oxford University College, Oxford The Queen's College, Oxford |
John Wintour Baldwin Barns (12 May 1912 – 23 February 1974) was a British Egyptologist, papyrologist, Anglican priest, and academic. From 1965 to 1974, he was Professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford.
Barns was born on 12 May 1912 in Bristol, England. Having won a scholarship, he was educated at Fairfield School, then an independent school on Bristol. Though he had an interest in Egyptology from an early age, since the discover of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, his father encouraged him to study classics. He taught himself Ancient Greek because it was not a subject available at his school.
At the age of 17, Barns matriculated into the University of Bristol to study classics. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1932. He then matriculated into Corpus Christi College, Oxford to study Literae Humaniores. He was elected to a classical scholarship in 1933. He achieved first class honours in Mods (i.e. Latin and Ancient Greek) in April 1935. He then approached Battiscombe Gunn, the Professor of Egyptology at Oxford, to ask if he could study Egyptology as the second half of his degree; he was refused as Gunn though it was too early in Barns' academic studies to move into the subject. He continued with his classics degree, studying Greats. He graduated with a further BA degree; as per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) in 1942.
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