Richard Pococke

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Richard Pococke (1704 – 1765) was an English prelate and anthropologist.

Pococke was born in Southampton and educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, receiving a Bachelor of Law degree. Preferring travelling to preaching in England, he travelled extensively, particularly in Egypt from 1737 to 1741, where he visited the Valley of the Kings. He published a two-volume account of his journey. He also published works about England, Scotland and Wales.

Later Pococke was promoted to Bishop of Meath.

  • A Description of the East and Some other Countries, I: Observations on Egypt, London. 1743.
  • A Description of the East and Some other Countries, II:, London.
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