Brugsch, Karl Heinrich (1827–1894)

German Egyptologist. On visiting Egypt 1853 as consul for the Prussian government, he joined the French archaeologist August Mariette in his excavations at Memphis. His works include Geschichte Agyptens unter den Pharaonen/A History of Egypt under the Pharoahs 1877.

Brugsch divided his time between consular duties in Egypt and his professorship of oriental languages at Göttingen, Germany, before being appointed director of the School of Egyptology at Cairo 1870.