Palmer, George William

Reference: Ure Museum Archive/Drawer D/23Date: early 20th CExtent: The Ure Museum holds a set of plaster casts (donated by Palmer) of wall reliefs from ancient Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut's temple at Deir el Bahri, Egypt.

A local business owner of Huntley & Palmers Biscuit company. More information on Palmer’s casts is available in the Ure Museum’s sculpture trail “Beyond the Ure” and in the exhibition “Egypt in Reading“.

University of Reading Special Collections holds the Huntley & Palmer records; and the Museum of English Rural Life holds a selection of Huntley & Palmers Biscuit tins.

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