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SIR HENRY RAWLINSON

SIR HENRY RAWLINSON (1810-1895), Assyriologist, born in Oxfordshire; entered the Indian Army in 1827; held several diplomatic posts, particularly in Persia; gave himself to the study of cuneiform inscriptions, and became an authority in the rendering of them and matters relative.


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