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Sir Frederic George Kenyon<\/strong> GBE<\/a> KCB<\/a> TD<\/a> FBA<\/a> FSA<\/a> (15 January 1863 \u2013 23 August 1952) was an English palaeographer<\/a> and biblical<\/a> and classical<\/a> scholar. He held a series of posts at the British Museum<\/a> from 1889 to 1931. He was also the president of the British Academy<\/a> from 1917 to 1921. From 1918 to 1952 he was Gentleman Usher of the Purple Rod<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenyon was born in London<\/a>, the son of John Robert Kenyon<\/a>, the Vinerian Professor of English Law<\/a> at Oxford<\/a>, and was thus great-grandson of Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon<\/a>.[1]<\/a><\/sup> He was educated at Winchester College<\/a>.[2]<\/a><\/sup> He graduated BA<\/a> from Magdalen College, Oxford<\/a>, where he was later a fellow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenyon joined the British Museum<\/a> in 1889 and rose to be its Director and Principal Librarian by 1909. He was knighted<\/a> for his services in 1912 and remained at his post until 1931. He was elected an International Member of the American Philosophical Society<\/a> in 1937.[3]<\/a><\/sup> He was a trustee of the Imperial War Museum<\/a> from 1920 to 1946.[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1891, Kenyon edited the editio princeps<\/a> of Aristotle’s Constitution of Athens<\/a><\/em>. In 1920, he was appointed president of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem<\/a>. He spent most of his retirement researching and publishing ancient papyri<\/a>. He died on 23 August 1952.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenyon was a noted scholar of ancient languages, and made a lifelong study of the Bible<\/a>, especially the New Testament<\/a> as an historical text. His book Our Bible and the Ancient Manuscripts<\/em> (1895) shows one way that Egyptian papyri and other evidence from archaeology<\/a> can corroborate the narrative of historical events in the Gospels. He was convinced of the historical reality of the events described in the New Testament: \u201cthe last foundation for any doubt that the Scriptures have come down to us substantially as they were written has now been removed.\u201d[5]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the start of the First World War<\/a>, Kenyon served with the British Expeditionary Force<\/a> in France to September 1914, then on home service with his regiment the Inns of Court O.T.C.<\/a> He was promoted major in 1916 and lieutenant-colonel in 1917, retiring in 1921.[6]<\/a><\/sup> He was awarded the Territorial Decoration<\/a> in 1918.[7]<\/a><\/sup> In the Second World War<\/a> he served in the Home Guard<\/a> from 1940 to 1942. He was an advisor to the Imperial War Graves Commission<\/a> from 1917 to 1948.[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Davis, Miriam C (16 September 2016). Dame Kathleen Kenyon<\/em><\/a>. doi<\/a>:10.4324\/9781315430690<\/a>. ISBN<\/a> 9781315430690<\/bdi><\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. ^<\/a><\/strong> Sabben-Clare, James<\/a>. Winchester College<\/em>. Cave, 1981. p. 187<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. ^<\/a><\/strong> “APS Member History”<\/a>. search.amphilsoc.org<\/em>. Retrieved 30 May 2023.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. ^ Jump up to:a<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> b<\/strong><\/em><\/sup><\/a> Who Was Who, 1951-1960<\/em>. A and C Black. 1961. p. 613.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. ^<\/a><\/strong> Kenyon, Frederic (1940) The Bible & Archaeology<\/em>. New York: Harper & Row<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. ^<\/a><\/strong> Kelly’s Handbook to the Titled, Official and Landed Classes, 1951<\/em>. Kelly’s. p. 1196.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. ^<\/a><\/strong> Who Was Who, 1951-1960<\/em>, p.612.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n