| Eduardo Toda y Güell | |
| Native Name: | Eduard Toda i Güell |
| Native Name Lang: | ca |
| Birth Date: | 9 January 1855 |
| Birth Place: | Reus, Spain |
| Death Place: | Poblet, Spain |
| Occupation: | Archaeologist, diplomat, Egyptologist, sinologist |
| Notable Works: | Annam and Its Minor Currency (1882) Spanish; Castilian: A través del Egipto (1889) |
| Signature: | Signatura d'Eduard Toda..JPG |
Eduardo Toda y Güell (9 January 1852, in Reus – 26 April 1941, in Poblet) was a Spanish diplomat, historian, Egyptologist and numismatist.
After studying law at the Central University of Madrid, Eduardo was appointed Vice-Consul in Macao, Hong Kong, Canton, and Shanghai.
He was subsequently Consul General in Cairo, Egypt (1884-1886) and became friends with Gaston Maspero. During his post, he became very interested in ancient Egypt and while at Deir el-Medina, he was responsible for the clearance of the intact tomb of Sennedjem in 1886.
After being posted to Helsinki and Le Havre, he decided to abandon his diplomatic career and move to London. He didn't return to Spain until 1918 where he created the collection Spanish; Castilian: Estudios Egiptológicos and later tried to establish a school of Egyptology. After being unsuccessful in his attempts, he moved to the where he devoted himself to the history of the Poblet Abbey.
He became professor at the School of Librarians of the Provincial Diputación of Barcelona, Corresponding Member of the Catalan Studies Institute and Member of the Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona. He presented his personal library to several Catalan institutions where he gave his Numismatic collection to the Archivo Histórico Nacional in Madrid, his Egyptian collection to the National Archaeological Museum of Spain, and the Biblioteca Museu Víctor Balaguer in Vilanova i la Geltru.