> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.wellcomecollection.org/collections-information/lQ0fMyP8xr8hWWJiQkfl/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.wellcomecollection.org/collections-information/lQ0fMyP8xr8hWWJiQkfl/transcribe-wellcome/research/people/alphabetical/boscawen-william-st-chad.md). # Boscawen, William St Chad William St Chad Boscawen. Life dates: 1855-1913. Active at WHMM: c.1906-1913. Researcher on ancient Near Eastern and ancient Egyptian collections. ![Portrait of Boscawen](https://github.com/wellcomecollection/transcribe-wellcome/tree/bdf04ba712d499dbe75535c33beb6dba22cb51f6/research/people/alphabetical/boscawen-budge1925.jpg) image: Boscawen pictured in E.A. Budge *The Rise and Progress of Assyriology* (1925), photograph facing page 120. ## work at WHMM Casually employed by WHMM. Catalogued and studied material from ancient Near East (Sumeria, Babylonia, Assyria) and ancient Egypt from 1906. Attended auction sales and reviewed material for purchase. ## Biographical note Formerly employed at British Museum as an Assistant in the Ancient Near East department. Published a successful popular book on the ancient near east in 1903. Undertook regular freelance employment at WHMM from 1906 until his death in 1913, working desipite repeated periods of personal difficulty and ill health. ## WHMM archives * staff file (WA/HMM/St/Ear/A.11) * correspondence * unpublished research papers for WHMM (MS.8311, MS.8857) ## Sources * Horry, Ruth (2015) Tags: museum staff; Assyria and Babylonia; Egypt; research staff --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter, and the optional `goal` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.wellcomecollection.org/collections-information/lQ0fMyP8xr8hWWJiQkfl/transcribe-wellcome/research/people/alphabetical/boscawen-william-st-chad.md?ask=&goal= ``` `ask` is the immediate question: it should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. `goal` is optional and describes the broader end goal you are ultimately trying to accomplish on behalf of the user. GitBook uses it to tailor the answer towards what is most useful for that goal. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.