How to Pronounce Mary Cecil, 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney
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Apr 25, 1857 Norfolk, England, United Kingdom Died on 21 Dec 1919 (aged 62)
British egyptologist and ornithologist
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About Mary Cecil 2nd Baroness Amherst Of Hackney
- Mary Rothes Margaret Cecil, 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney, (née Mary Rothes Margaret Tyssen-Amherst; 25 April 1857 – 21 December 1919) was a British hereditary peer, charity worker, amateur archaeologist and ornithologist.
- Thirty-two of the Tombs of the Nobles at Aswan were uncovered in her excavations and for many years were known as the "Cecil Tombs".
- She was one of the few English women to have held a peerage in her own right.
- The black crowned crane, balearica pavonia ceciliae was named in her honour.
