HALIBURTON

James ( son of James Haliburton who changed his name to Burton ). b. 22 Sep. 1788; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1810, M.A. 1815; made geological survey in Egypt 1822; with John Gardner Wilkinson in Egypt 1824, with Edward W. Lane in 1826 and again in Egypt 1830–5; resumed name of Haliburton 1838; F.G.S. to 1841; author of Excerpta Hieroglyphic a, 6 lithograph plates, Cairo 1825–9; Collectanea Ægyptiaca 63 volumes MSS. in Br. Museum. d. 10 Hamilton place, Newing ton, Edinburgh 22 Feb. 1862.