Austen Henry Layard
Sir Austen Henry Layard was an English traveller, archaeologist, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, politician and diplomat. He is best known as the excavator of Nimrud and of Nineveh, where he uncovered a large proportion of the Assyrian palace reliefs known, and in 1851 the library of Ashurbanipal.
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Date of Birth
March 5th, 1817
Age
207
Birth Place
France, Île-de-France
Date of Death
July 5th, 1894
Died Aged
77
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Henry Peter John Layard
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Edgar Leopold Layard
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Marianne Austen
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Mary Enid Evelyn Guest
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