Henry Hall

Henry Reginald Holland Hall MBE, FBA, FSA (30 September 1873 – 13 October 1930) was an English Egyptologist and historian. In life, he was normally referred to as Harry Reginald Hall.

Early life Henry R.H. Hall was the son of Sir Sydney Hall, MVO, MA, a portrait painter and illustrator for The Graphic newspaper, and his wife Hannah Holland. He went to Merchant Taylors' School, London and showed an interest in history and ancient Egypt from an early age. By the age of 11 he wrote a history of Persia, and by 16 he had gained some knowledge of the ancient Egyptian language. Henry R.H. Hall, "Coptic and Greek Texts of the Christian Period in the British Museum", 1905, London. Henry R.H. Hall and L.W. King, "Egypt and Western Asia in the light of Recent Discoveries", 1907. Édouard Naville, Henry R.H. Hall, et al., "The Eleventh Dynasty Temple at Deir el Bahari", 3 vols., 1907–13. Henry R.H. Hall, "Hieroglyphic Texts in the British Museum", vols ii–vii, 1912–25, London. Henry R.H. Hall, "Ancient History of the Near East from the earliest Times to the Battle of Salamis", 1913. Henry R.H. Hall, with Édouard Naville and T.E. Peet, "Cemeteries of Abydos", vol i, 1914. Henry R.H. Hall, "Aegean Archaeology", 1915. Henry R.H. Hall, C.L. Woolley, et al., "Al 'Ubaid", 1927 . Henry R.H. Hall, "A General Introductory Guide to the Egyptian Collections in the British Museum", 1930, London. Henry R.H. Hall, "Ur excavations", 1934