Winifred M. Crompton

Winifred M. Crompton (1870 – 8 October 1932) was a British Egyptologist and curator at the Manchester Museum.

Career Crompton began her career at the Manchester Museum as its printer. curating a collection founded on part of Flinders Petrie's, donated to Manchester by one of his financial backers, Jesse Haworth. During her tenure she corresponded with other Egyptologists to acquire more objects and expand the collection.

Crompton was an informal student of Margaret Murray, whom she first met in 1906.

Family Crompton's sister, Alice Crompton, was the first woman to graduate with a degree in classics from the University of Manchester. In 1891, Alice became the head of the Manchester Settlements Women's House.

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