Arthur Robert Callender | |
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![]() Opening Tutankhamun's shrine. Callender is on the right of the photo | |
Born | Skirbeck, near Boston, Lincolnshire, England | 13 December 1875
Died | 12 December 1936 Alexandria, Egypt | (aged 60)
Nationality | British |
Occupation(s) | Engineer and Egyptologist |
Known for | Howard Carter's assistant when excavating Tutankhamun's tomb |
Spouse(s) | Eliza Clara née Reynolds, (married 1901) |
Arthur Robert Callender (13 December 1875 – 12 December 1936),[1] nicknamed Pecky, was an English engineer and archaeologist, best known for his role as assistant to Howard Carter during the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in the 1920s.