An American newspaper called her in 1889 "the most learned woman in the world" for her dexterity in writing, research, and public speaking. In England today she is called the god-mother of Egyptology, for her dedication to the Egypt Exploration Society, which she founded. Amelia Blanford Edwards is the British writer and explorer who promoted the protection and preservation of ancient Egyptian sites.

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Globe - Monday 28 March 1864

Western Daily Press - Monday 18 April 1892

Edwards, Amelia B. "My Home Life," Arena Magazine, 4 (Boston, 1891), 299-310.

"Gaston Maspero and the birth of the Egypt Exploration Fund (1881- 83), Margaret Drower, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 68, 1982.

Flinders Petrie: A Life in Archaeology, Madison, 1995.