James Henry Breasted

James Henry Breasted (August 27 1865–December 2, 1935) was born in Rockford, Illinois and was an archaeologist and historian. He was educated at the Chicago Theological Seminary, Yale University (MA 1891) and the University of Berlin (PhD 1894). He was the first American citizen to obtain a PhD in Egyptology. Breasted was in the forefront of the generation of archeologist-historians who broadened the idea of "Western Civilization" to include the entire "Near East" in Europe's cultural roots.

Works

• A History of Egypt 1905
• Ancient Records of Egypt 1907 (reprinted 2001)
• Outlines of European History 1914
• Ancient Times 1916
• Oriental Forerunners of Byzantine Painting 1924
• The Conquest of Civilization 1926
• The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus 1930
• The Dawn of Conscience 1933