Amelia Edwards..
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 2:00 pm
One pioneering woman from Clerkenwell, Amelia Edwards (1831-1892), was recently granted a plaque at 19 Wharton Street. An Egyptologist, Edwards campaigned for the preservation of ancient Egypt. She bequeathed her collection of antiquities to University College London – a plaster cast bust of Edwards is at the entrance to UCL’s Petrie Museum.
She might have gone '1000 miles up The Nile, but she only lived *500 meters away.
or in my book 'just a hop,skip and a jump away !
Now, I never knew that!........

She might have gone '1000 miles up The Nile, but she only lived *500 meters away.
or in my book 'just a hop,skip and a jump away !
Now, I never knew that!........
