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Research your roots and learn about your heritage.
We are pleased to announce the publication by RTFHS member Tony Dixon of a much expanded and updated second edition of the book that he originally published in 2013.
The new edition – called But for Further Evidence: The Continuing Family History of William Ayres, Gypsy – now not only looks at the life of William Ayres (1806-1872) but also at William’s early 18th century ancestors who lived and travelled in counties that stretch from Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire to Kent and Sussex.
As well as Ayres, there are references to Smiths, Hearns, Gray/Greys, Loveridges, Hortons, Webbs, Fletchers, Anscombes and Blackwells, among others.
To find out how to order the book from the RTFHS, go to this page of the RTFHS website.
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William Ayres Ward
American Egyptologist
William Ayres Ward (June 10, 1928 – September 13, 1996) was an American Egyptologist.
Biography
Born in Chicago, Ward studied at the Butler University in Indianapolis and received his B.A. in History of religions in 1951. Then, he attained a MA in Egyptology at the University of Chicago in 1955 and a PhD in Semitic languages at the Brandeis University in 1958. He then taught in Beirut, first at the Beirut College for Women and later, since 1963, at the American University of Beirut. From 1986 until his death in 1996, he was a visiting professor at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
His main areas of research included the relations between Egypt and Levant, Egyptian-Semitic etymology, as well as scarabs and titles of the Old and Middle Kingdom of Egypt.
Sources
- Leonard H. Lesko (ed.), Ancient Egyptian and Mediterranean Studies in Memory of William A. Ward. Department of Egyptology Brown University, Providence 1998, ISBN 0-9662685-0-4.
- Morris L. Bierbrier, Who was who in Egyptology. 4th revi
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