Daughter of Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury, and his wife Mary Sidgwick Benson. Margaret was one of the first women to be admitted to Oxford University, where she attended Lady Margaret Hall.
She was the first woman to be granted a concession to excavate in Egypt. With her companion, Janet Gourlay, she excavated for three seasons (1895-97) in the Temple of the Goddess Mut, Mut Complex, a part of Karnak, Thebes.
She suffered from frail health most of her life and was not able to continue the excavation after 1897. In 1907, she suffered a severe mental breakdown and was confined for the rest of her life in a series of asylums. She died in the Priory, Roehampton, in 1916 at the age of 51.
She was the first woman to be granted a concession to excavate in Egypt. With her companion, Janet Gourlay, she excavated for three seasons (1895-97) in the Temple of the Goddess Mut, Mut Complex, a part of Karnak, Thebes.
She suffered from frail health most of her life and was not able to continue the excavation after 1897. In 1907, she suffered a severe mental breakdown and was confined for the rest of her life in a series of asylums. She died in the Priory, Roehampton, in 1916 at the age of 51.
Daughter of Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury, and his wife Mary Sidgwick Benson. Margaret was one of the first women to be admitted to Oxford University, where she attended Lady Margaret Hall.
She was the first woman to be granted a concession to excavate in Egypt. With her companion, Janet Gourlay, she excavated for three seasons (1895-97) in the Temple of the Goddess Mut, Mut Complex, a part of Karnak, Thebes.
She suffered from frail health most of her life and was not able to continue the excavation after 1897. In 1907, she suffered a severe mental breakdown and was confined for the rest of her life in a series of asylums. She died in the Priory, Roehampton, in 1916 at the age of 51.
She was the first woman to be granted a concession to excavate in Egypt. With her companion, Janet Gourlay, she excavated for three seasons (1895-97) in the Temple of the Goddess Mut, Mut Complex, a part of Karnak, Thebes.
She suffered from frail health most of her life and was not able to continue the excavation after 1897. In 1907, she suffered a severe mental breakdown and was confined for the rest of her life in a series of asylums. She died in the Priory, Roehampton, in 1916 at the age of 51.
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