Amelia B. Edwards

Amelia Edwards was an English novelist, journalist, traveler and Egyptologist. Her ghost story The Phantom Coach appeared in 1864, and she also wrote the novels Barbara's History and Lord Brackenbury. Her travel book A Thousand Miles up the Nile came out in 1877. Her interest in Egypt led her to help found the Egypt Exploration Fund in 1882, and she left her collection to University College London.