2.
Thomas Eric Peet
(12 August 1882, Liverpool – 22 February 1934, Oxford)
• Peet's parents were Thomas and Salome Peet.
• He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School,
Crosby and at Queen's College, Oxford.
• From 1909 onwards he conducted excavations
in Egypt for the Egypt Exploration Fund.
• From 1913 to 1928 he was Lecturer in Egyptology
at Manchester University, though he also saw service
in World War I as a Lieutenant in the King's Regiment
(Liverpool).
• From 1920 to 1933 he was Brunner Professor of
Egyptology at the University of Liverpool.
• In 1933 he was appointed Reader in Egyptology at
the University of Oxford.
• The Queen's College, Oxford houses the University's
Egyptology library, and it is named the Peet Library in
his honour.
3.
Here is a poem by Thomas Eric Peet,
an Egyptian poet which shows distrust of fellowmen.
It voices the idea that problems in human relations
were as acute then as they are now.
To Whom Should I
Speak Today?
4.
I.
To whom should I speak today?
Brothers are evil;
The friends of today love not.
II.
To whom should I speak today?
Hearts are covetous;
Every man plundereth the goods of his
fellow.
III.
To whom should I speak today?
The peaceful man is in evil case;
Good is cast aside everywhere.
IV.
To whom should I speak today?
Yesterday is forgotten;
Me do not as they were done by nowadays
5.
V.
To whom should I speak today?
There is no heart of man
Whereon one might lean.
VI.
To whom should I speak today?
The righteous are no more;
The land is given over to evil-doers.
VII.
To whom should I speak today?
There is a lack of confidants;
Men have recourse to a stranger to tell their
troubles.
VIII.
To whom should I speak today?
I am laden with misery,
And am without a comforter
