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Battiscombe Gunn | |
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 Gunn in 1935 | |
| Born | Battiscombe George Gunn 30 June 1883 London, England |
| Died | 27 February 1950 (aged 66) Oxford, England |
| Title | Professor of Egyptology (1934–1950) |
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| Children | J. B. Gunn |
| Awards | Fellow of the British Academy |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University College, London |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Egyptology and Philology |
| Institutions | Egyptian Museum, Cairo Penn Museum, Philadelphia University of Oxford |
| Notable students | Alec Naylor Dakin T. G. H. James Ricardo Caminos Labib Habachi |
| Influenced | J. W. B. Barns |
Battiscombe George "Jack" Gunn FBA (30 June 1883 – 27 February 1950) was an English Egyptologist and philologist. He published his first translation from Egyptian in 1906. He translated inscriptions for many important excavations and sites, including Fayum, Saqqara, Amarna, Giza and Luxor (including Tutankhamun). He was curator at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and at the University Museum at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. In 1934 he was appointed Professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford, a chair he held until his death in 1950.