James Peter Allen

James Peter Allen
Allen in 2015
Born (1945-04-22) 22 April 1945
Alma materSaint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology (BA) 1968, University of Chicago (PhD) 1981
Occupation(s)Egyptologist and Professor at Brown University
Websitevivo.brown.edu/display/jpallen

James Peter Allen (born April 22, 1945) is an American Egyptologist, specializing in language and religion. He was curator of Egyptian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1990 to 2006. In 2007, he became the Charles Edwin Wilbour Professor of Egyptology at Brown University. In 2008, he was elected president of the International Association of Egyptologists. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.

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