Henry Creswicke Rawlinson

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Assyriologist British Army officer diplomat human

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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Henry Rawlinson 2
Sir Henry Rawlinson 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyriologist ⓘ
British Army officer ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath NERFINISHED ⓘ
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate 1810-04-11 ⓘ
birthPlace Chadlington NERFINISHED ⓘ
England ⓘ
Oxfordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Brookwood Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ
contributedTo decipherment of Akkadian cuneiform ⓘ
decipherment of Old Persian cuneiform ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1895-03-05 ⓘ
diplomaticPost British consul in Baghdad ⓘ
British political agent in Ottoman Iraq ⓘ
educatedAt Ealing School NERFINISHED ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
familyName Rawlinson NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork Assyriology ⓘ
ancient Mesopotamian history ⓘ
cuneiform studies ⓘ
givenName Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
influenced development of Assyriology as an academic discipline ⓘ
knownFor decipherment of cuneiform script ⓘ
foundational contributions to Assyriology ⓘ
work on the Behistun Inscription ⓘ
languageWritten English ⓘ
memberOf Royal Asiatic Society NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank Major-General ⓘ
name Henry Creswicke Rawlinson NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableWork Studies of the Behistun Inscription NERFINISHED ⓘ
translations of cuneiform inscriptions ⓘ
occupation Assyriologist ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
positionHeld Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
President of the Royal Asiatic Society ⓘ
servedIn First Anglo-Afghan War NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Behistun Inscription → decipheredBy → Henry Creswicke Rawlinson ⓘ
Assyriology → hasNotableFigure → Henry Creswicke Rawlinson ⓘ
Mesopotamian cuneiform → deciphermentContributors → Henry Creswicke Rawlinson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Henry Rawlinson
Rawlinson → hasNotableBearer → Henry Creswicke Rawlinson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Henry Rawlinson
Rawlinson → knownAs → Henry Creswicke Rawlinson ⓘ
subject surface form: Henry Rawlinson
this entity surface form: Sir Henry Rawlinson