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.

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instanceOf Assyriologist ⓘ
British Army officer ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
birthDate 1810-04-11 ⓘ
birthPlace Chadlington ⓘ
England ⓘ
Oxfordshire ⓘ
burialPlace Brookwood Cemetery ⓘ
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 ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
familyName Rawlinson ⓘ
fieldOfWork Assyriology ⓘ
ancient Mesopotamian history ⓘ
cuneiform studies ⓘ
givenName Henry ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank Major-General ⓘ
name Henry Creswicke Rawlinson ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableWork Studies of the Behistun Inscription ⓘ
translations of cuneiform inscriptions ⓘ
occupation Assyriologist ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
positionHeld Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
President of the Royal Asiatic Society ⓘ
servedIn First Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ

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Behistun Inscription → decipheredBy → Henry Creswicke Rawlinson ⓘ
Assyriology → hasNotableFigure → Henry Creswicke Rawlinson ⓘ
Mesopotamian cuneiform → deciphermentContributors → Henry Rawlinson ⓘ
linked to: Henry Creswicke Rawlinson
Rawlinson → hasNotableBearer → Henry Rawlinson ⓘ
linked to: Henry Creswicke Rawlinson
Henry Rawlinson → knownAs → Sir Henry Rawlinson ⓘ
subject linked to: Rawlinson
linked to: Henry Creswicke Rawlinson
Georg Friedrich Grotefend → influenced → Henry Creswicke Rawlinson ⓘ
Henry Creswicke Rawlinson → name → Henry Creswicke Rawlinson ⓘ
Edward Hincks → contemporaryOf → Henry Rawlinson ⓘ
linked to: Henry Creswicke Rawlinson