. Notable Londoners, an illustrated who's who of professional and business men. V. i lli:.\\ .\i:il\HK, , .\\. Editor of the Journal of ArchttoloRy. was educated at Charterhouse, at Sorbonnc,Paris, and at Oueens College, Oxford. He was LaycockStudent of Egyptology at Worcester College, Oxford, andwas Reader in Egyptology at the Manchester Universityfrom I<)I2 to ii4. Ior some years he was Sub-J^ditor ofthe Hieroglyphic i)ictionary being prepared by the TuitedGerman .Xcademies. He discovered the origin of thealphaljet from inscrijitions foimd in
. Notable Londoners, an illustrated who's who of professional and business men. V. i lli:.\\ .\i:il\HK, , .\\. Editor of the Journal of ArchttoloRy. was educated at Charterhouse, at Sorbonnc,Paris, and at Oueens College, Oxford. He was LaycockStudent of Egyptology at Worcester College, Oxford, andwas Reader in Egyptology at the Manchester Universityfrom I<)I2 to ii4. Ior some years he was Sub-J^ditor ofthe Hieroglyphic i)ictionary being prepared by the TuitedGerman .Xcademies. He discovered the origin of thealphaljet from inscrijitions foimd in Sinai in He isHon. Secretary of the Egyptian Ivxploratif>n Society, andhas written many volumes dealing with Egyptian research,besides contributing many articles to the Lrench, German,and British scientific journals, as well as to the nth the Encyclopadia Britatiuica. His chief recreation islawn tennis, and he is a Member of the Oxford ;nid Cambridgeand the Burlington line .-Vrts EDWARD JAMES JournaUst and Barrister-atlaw. Mr. James has actedsince 1918 as Lobby Correspondent of the Daily lixpress,and is Vice-Chainnan of the Lobbyists of the House ofCoininons. He was formerly Editor of that famous SouthWales newspaper, the Wfsteru Mail. Born in 1H85 atPorthcawl in Glamorganshire, he was called to the Barat Lincolns Inn, but adopting journalism as a career hewrote prolifically on political subjects, and soon becameprominently known as a writer in this sphere of journalisticwork. Commercially, he is interested as a Director in theBristol Channel Steamers, Ltd. One fjf his chief hobbiesis play-going, and Mr. James is an inveterate first-nighter. He enjoys golf as one of his principal recreations. 29 NOTABLE LONDONERS AUTHORS AND JOURNALISTS
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