▁and ▁Egypt ologist . ▁ ▁Life ▁Gren f ell ▁was ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁John ▁Gran ville ▁Gren f ell ▁F GS ▁and ▁Alice ▁Gren f ell . ▁He ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁B irmingham ▁and ▁brought ▁up ▁and ▁educated ▁at ▁Cl if ton ▁College ▁in ▁Br istol , ▁where ▁his ▁father ▁taught . ▁He ▁obtained ▁a ▁scholar ship ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 8 ▁and ▁en rolled ▁at ▁The ▁Queen ' s ▁College , ▁Oxford . ▁ ▁With ▁his ▁friend ▁and ▁colle ague , ▁Arthur ▁S urr idge ▁H unt , ▁he ▁took ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁arch ae ological ▁dig ▁of ▁O xy rh yn chus ▁and ▁discovered ▁many ▁ancient ▁manuscript s ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁O xy rh yn chus ▁Pap y ri , ▁including ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁oldest ▁known ▁copies ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Testament ▁and ▁the ▁Sept u ag int . ▁Other ▁notable ▁finds ▁are ▁extensive , ▁including ▁previously ▁unknown ▁works ▁by ▁known ▁classical ▁authors . ▁The ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁find ▁consists ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁document ary ▁texts . ▁Par ab ib lic al ▁material , ▁such ▁as ▁copies ▁of ▁the ▁" Log ia ▁( words ) ▁of ▁Jesus " ▁were ▁also ▁found . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 5 , ▁Gren f ell ▁and ▁H unt ▁were ▁the ▁first ▁arch ae olog ically ▁to ▁explore ▁the ▁site ▁of ▁Kar an is ▁( present ▁Kom ▁A ush im ) ▁in ▁F ay um . ▁ ▁His ▁mother , ▁Alice ▁Gren f ell , ▁was ▁living ▁with ▁him ▁after ▁his ▁father ▁died ▁in