Why was Howard Carter never knighted?

Because he was working-class, and never made enough money to get past that. He never had good, solid patronage and remained essentially a 'hired gun'. read more

He never had good, solid patronage and remained essentially a 'hired gun'. For contrast, look at Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, who had the good sense to be born middle-class and to have a good patron, Amelia Edwards, who endowed a chair for him at University College, London. read more

Howard Carter was never given the respect he fully deserved because he came from a relatively poor family and the so called high society couldn't"forgive" him for that. He was never knighted and never got an honory doctorate in England. Shame on this country that only long after his death recognized what a brilliant man he was. read more

Howard Carter (9 May 1874 – 2 March 1939) was a British archaeologist and Egyptologist who became world-famous after discovering the intact tomb (designated KV62) of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh, Tutankhamun (colloquially known as"King Tut" and"the boy king"), in November 1922. read more