which he was unanimously elected in 1954.". Moreover, he was Sir Herbert Thompson Professor of Egyptology at the University of Cambridge from 1946 until his death in Cambridge on his 56th birthday, 26 April 1956. He was Honorary Secretary, 1928–31 and 1933–6, and Chairman of Committee, 1951–6, of the Egypt Exploration Society. The Herbert Thompson chair of Egyptology was created in 1946 particularly to cover Demotic and Coptic studies for which SRKG had established an unequalled reputation. He was therefore the obvious choice for the first holder. He was editor of The Legacy of Egypt, one of the Clarendon "Legacy" series, and besides his "Growth and Nature of Egyptology" which was published in 1947, wrote a large number of essays and papers. He died in Cambridge, England, on his 56th birthday, and is buried in Grantchester Parish Churchyard. Relationship with the Mallowans Glanville was a close friend of the archaeologist Max Mallowan and his wife Agatha Christie. He was in service with Mallowan during WWII. Glanville was the source and inspiration for at least two of Christie's works, the historic mystery Death Comes as the End, and a play, Akhnaton. Both of these works are set in ancient Egypt, and Christie herself acknowledged in her autobiography that neither of these works would have been possible without Glanville. Publications This is by no means a complete list. 1930 Daily Life in Ancient Egypt 1933 The Egyptians, A&C Black 1939 Catalogue of the demotic papyri in the British Museum. Vol 1. 1942 The Legacy of Egypt, Oxford, Clarendon Press, Legacy series 1947 Growth and nature of Egyptology 1956 Catalogue of the demotic papyri in the British Museum. Vol 2. Publication date unknown: Glanville S.R.K. and Faulkner, R. O., Catalogue of Egyptian Antiquities in The British Museum II: Wooden Model Boats. Trustees of The British Museum, London 1972. References Sources Obituary in the Daily Telegraph. 28.04.1956 Prof. S.R.K. Glanville. Antiquities of Egypt Also see below external links. External links University of Cambridge entry for SRKG. https://web.archive.org/web/20040827181635/http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/archive.asp?fellowsID=1667 1900 births 1956 deaths People from Westminster English Egyptologists Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford Members of the Order of the British Empire Royal Air Force officers Employees of the British Museum Academics of University College London Provosts of King's College, Cambridge Professors of the University of Cambridge