James Burton (Egyptologist)

James Burton
FGS
James Burton FGS
Born	James Haliburton; 22 September 1786; London, England
Died	22 February 1862 (aged 75)
Resting place	Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh
Education	Tonbridge School
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge, Lincoln's Inn
Occupation	Egyptologist
Parents	James Burton (father); Elizabeth Westley (mother);
Relatives	Decimus Burton (brother); Henry Burton (brother); Henry Marley Burton (nephew); Thomas Chandler Haliburton (cousin); Robert Grant Haliburton (cousin); Arthur Lawrence Haliburton, 1st Baron Haliburton (cousin);

James Burton FGS (22 September 1786 – 22 February 1862) (formerly Haliburton and latterly Haliburton) was the British Egyptologist who mapped the Valley of the Kings; and was the first post-Renaissance person to enter KV5; and discovered the Karnak king list; and discovered TT391.