Alexander Badawy

{{Short description|Egyptian Egyptologist}}

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Alexander Badawy (November 29, 1913 – May 1986){{Cite web|url=http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=hb6z09p0jh&doc.view=frames&chunk.id=div00003&toc.depth=1&toc.id=|title=University of California: In Memoriam, 1987|website=content.cdlib.org|access-date=2017-10-25}} was an Egyptian Egyptologist. He was born in Egypt and taught Egyptology in the United States. He was professor of art history at UCLA, and after he became emeritus, he endowed a chair (in 1985) at Johns Hopkins University, currently held by Betsy Bryan.[http://webapps.jhu.edu/namedprofessorships/professorshipdetail.cfm?professorshipID=20 jhu.edu] Alexander Badawy Chair in Egyptian Art and Archaeology.