Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Baronet (1810-1895), was a British East India Company army officer, politician, and Orientalist, sometimes described as the Father of Assyriology, known for his work on the decipherment of cuneiform from the Behistun Inscription.
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RoleBritish East India Company officer and Orientalist, called the Father of Assyriology 1 Connections
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Copied and deciphered the trilingual Old Persian, Elamite and Babylonian Behistun Inscription, extending the decipherment of cuneiform writing.
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5 April 1810-5 March 1895
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5 April 1810-5 March 1895
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was a British East India Company army officer, politician, and Orientalist, sometimes described as the Father of Assyriology.
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5 April 1810-5 March 1895
Lead sentence, death year in parenthetical
5 April 1810-5 March 1895
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Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Baronet (1810-1895), was a British East India Company army officer, politician, and Orientalist, sometimes described as the Father of Assyriology, known for his work on the decipherment of cuneiform from the Behistun Inscription.
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