Margaret Benson

For the botanist, see Margaret Jane Benson.

Margaret Benson
Benson in the 1880s
Born16 June 1865
Reading, Berkshire, England
Died13 May 1916(1916-05-13) (aged 50)
Priory Hospital, Roehampton, London, England
Known forEgyptology
Parent(s)Edward White Benson (father)
Mary Benson (mother)

Margaret Benson (16 June 1865 – 13 May 1916) was an English author and Egyptologist best known for her excavation of the Precinct of Mut, a temple compound on the east bank of the Nile.

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