George Petrie was an Irish artist, antiquarian, archaeologist and collector of Irish traditional music. Petrie played a role in building the collections of the Royal Irish Academy and National Museum of Ireland.
- Occupation
- anthropologist, archaeologist, musicologist, journalist
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- January 1, 1790
- Died
- 1866, January 17, 1866