Henry Creswicke Rawlinson
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Henry Creswicke Rawlinson was a 19th-century British army officer, diplomat, and pioneering Assyriologist renowned for helping to decipher cuneiform script and laying foundations for the study of ancient Mesopotamian civilizations.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Henry Creswicke Rawlinson canonical | 2 |
| Henry Rawlinson | 2 |
| Sir Henry Rawlinson | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Henry Creswicke Rawlinson Context triple: [Behistun Inscription, decipheredBy, Henry Creswicke Rawlinson]
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Henry Rawlinson
Henry Rawlinson was a senior British Army general of the First World War, best known for leading Fourth Army in major Western Front offensives.
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John Gardner Wilkinson
John Gardner Wilkinson was a pioneering 19th-century English Egyptologist whose detailed studies and publications helped lay the foundations of modern Egyptology.
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Austen Henry Layard
Austen Henry Layard was a 19th-century British archaeologist and diplomat best known for his pioneering excavations in ancient Mesopotamia and the rediscovery of Assyrian cities and artifacts.
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Sir Alan Gardiner
Sir Alan Gardiner was a prominent British Egyptologist best known for his influential work on ancient Egyptian grammar and hieroglyphic decipherment.
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Bernard Pyne Grenfell
Bernard Pyne Grenfell was a British Egyptologist and papyrologist best known for co-leading the excavation and publication of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri, one of the most important collections of ancient manuscripts ever discovered.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Henry Creswicke Rawlinson Target entity description: Henry Creswicke Rawlinson was a 19th-century British army officer, diplomat, and pioneering Assyriologist renowned for helping to decipher cuneiform script and laying foundations for the study of ancient Mesopotamian civilizations.
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A.
Henry Rawlinson
Henry Rawlinson was a senior British Army general of the First World War, best known for leading Fourth Army in major Western Front offensives.
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B.
John Gardner Wilkinson
John Gardner Wilkinson was a pioneering 19th-century English Egyptologist whose detailed studies and publications helped lay the foundations of modern Egyptology.
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C.
Austen Henry Layard
Austen Henry Layard was a 19th-century British archaeologist and diplomat best known for his pioneering excavations in ancient Mesopotamia and the rediscovery of Assyrian cities and artifacts.
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D.
Sir Alan Gardiner
Sir Alan Gardiner was a prominent British Egyptologist best known for his influential work on ancient Egyptian grammar and hieroglyphic decipherment.
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E.
Bernard Pyne Grenfell
Bernard Pyne Grenfell was a British Egyptologist and papyrologist best known for co-leading the excavation and publication of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri, one of the most important collections of ancient manuscripts ever discovered.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Assyriologist
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British Army officer ⓘ diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
NERFINISHED
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Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1810-04-11 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Chadlington
NERFINISHED
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England ⓘ Oxfordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Brookwood Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
decipherment of Akkadian cuneiform
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decipherment of Old Persian cuneiform ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1895-03-05 ⓘ |
| diplomaticPost |
British consul in Baghdad
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British political agent in Ottoman Iraq ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Ealing School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Rawlinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Assyriology
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ancient Mesopotamian history ⓘ cuneiform studies ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| influenced | development of Assyriology as an academic discipline ⓘ |
| knownFor |
decipherment of cuneiform script
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foundational contributions to Assyriology ⓘ work on the Behistun Inscription ⓘ |
| languageWritten | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Royal Asiatic Society
NERFINISHED
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Royal Society ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Major-General ⓘ |
| name | Henry Creswicke Rawlinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Studies of the Behistun Inscription
NERFINISHED
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translations of cuneiform inscriptions ⓘ |
| occupation |
Assyriologist
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diplomat ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
England
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| positionHeld |
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
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President of the Royal Asiatic Society ⓘ |
| servedIn | First Anglo-Afghan War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Henry Creswicke Rawlinson Description of subject: Henry Creswicke Rawlinson was a 19th-century British army officer, diplomat, and pioneering Assyriologist renowned for helping to decipher cuneiform script and laying foundations for the study of ancient Mesopotamian civilizations.
Referenced by (5)
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