Egyptologist.

1867–1961

Education

1886-1902 Student at University College London (UCL).

Some Key Achievements and Interests

With Mary Brodrick conducted parties of women on tours in Egypt.

Ran a business with Brodrick.

Arranged public appearances for Brodrick.

1902 A concise Dictionary of Egyptian Archaeology, co-written with Brodrick, published.

Issues

With Brodrick travelled as unchaperoned women. This was frowned on by many with traditional views about appropriate behaviour for women.

Used a dahabiya (a boat used on the Nile) to explore less touristy areas of Egypt, this means of transport open to being perceived as unsuitable for respectable women. 

Connections to Bloomsbury

UCL

1899 Lived in Chenies Street Residential Chambers, 21 Chenies Street.

Female networks

Mary Brodrick, Helen Tirard and other Egyptologists.

Writing/Publications include:

Translation of Gaston Maspero’s Au temps de Ramses et d’Assourbanipal.

With Brodrick published a study of the tomb of Pepi-Ankh near Sharuna in the Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology. 

1902 with Brodrick produced A Concise Dictionary of Egyptian Archaeology: A Handbook for Students and Travellers A Concise Dictionary of Egyptian Archaeology: A Handbook for Students and Travellers : Mary Brodrick, Anna Anderson Morton : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Further reading

Thornton, Amara; Archaeologists in Print: Publishing for the People. Archaeologists in Print – UCL Press

Janssen, Rosalind, The First Hundred Years. Egyptology at University College London 1892-1992, University College London, London 1992, 128 pp., 42 figs.