About Austen Henry Layard
Sir Austen Henry Layard was an English archaeologist, cuneiformist, historian, and politician.
Biographical details
Basic information
| person Full name | Austen Henry Layard |
| cake Date of birth | March 5, 1817 |
| event_busy Date of death | July 5, 1894 |
Core CDLI:Wiki data
| Name | Layard, Austen Henry |
| Dates (life) | 5 March 1817 - 5 July 1894 |
| Specialization | Archaeology |
Top works
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| A Second Series of the Monuments of Nineveh | The Monuments of Nineveh | |
| Book | Book | |
| 1853 | 1853 | |
| Author | Author | |
| More info | More info | |
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Cuneiformist profile
| Name | Layard, Austen Henry |
| Dates (life) | 5 March 1817 - 5 July 1894 |
| Birthplace | Paris |
| Specialization | Archaeology |
| Major works | Nineveh and Its Remains, London 1849 Monuments of Nineveh 1-2, London 1849-1853 Inscriptions in the Cuneiform Character, London 1851 Nineveh and Babylon, London 1853 |
| Remarks | founder of Near Eastern archaeology Excavated at Nimrud and Nineveh, 1845, 1847, 1849-1850 Honorary Ph.D., Oxford University, 1848 Biography in: A.H. Layard, Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana and Babylonia (1887) C.J. Gadd, The Stones of Assyria (1936) G. Waterfield, Layard of Nineveh (1963) Layard Papers (Additional MSS.), Dept. of MSS., British Library |
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====== Layard, Austen Henry ======
== Name ==
Layard, Austen Henry
== Dates ==
5 March 1817 - 5 July 1894
== Birthplace ==
Paris
== Specialization ==
Archaeology
== Major works ==
Nineveh and Its Remains, London 1849 Monuments of Nineveh 1-2, London 1849-1853 Inscriptions in the Cuneiform Character, London 1851 Nineveh and Babylon, London 1853
== Remarks ==
founder of Near Eastern archaeology Excavated at Nimrud and Nineveh, 1845, 1847, 1849-1850 Honorary Ph.D., Oxford University, 1848 Biography in: A.H. Layard, Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana and Babylonia (1887) C.J. Gadd, The Stones of Assyria (1936) G. Waterfield, Layard of Nineveh (1963) Layard Papers (Additional MSS.), Dept. of MSS., British Library
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| Retrieval date | Apr. 19, 2020 |
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CDLI:Wiki Est. 2007The CDLI:Wiki is an extension of the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI) project. It provides useful information about cuneiform studies: lists of artifacts, scholar biographies, and a list of abbreviations related to Assyriology.
