Austen Henry Layard

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:archaeologist
gptkb:diplomat
author
gptkbp:almaMater none (self-educated)
gptkbp:birthDate 1817-03-05
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:collaboratesWith gptkb:Hormuzd_Rassam
gptkbp:deathDate 1894-07-05
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Ivories_from_Nimrud
gptkb:Library_of_Ashurbanipal
Lamassu statues
gptkbp:fieldOfWork archaeology
diplomacy
writing
gptkbp:honor gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Austen Henry Layard
gptkbp:influenced Assyriology
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Paul_Emil_Botta
gptkbp:knownFor excavations at Nimrud
excavations at Nineveh
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:British_Parliament
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Discoveries_in_the_Ruins_of_Nineveh_and_Babylon
gptkb:Nineveh_and_Its_Remains
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:archaeologist
gptkb:diplomat
author
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Henry_Peter_John_Layard
gptkb:Marianne_Austen
gptkbp:parliamentaryConstituency gptkb:Southwark
gptkb:Aylesbury
gptkbp:party gptkb:Liberal_Party_(UK)
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_Affairs
gptkb:Ambassador_to_the_Ottoman_Empire
Ambassador to Spain
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:London,_England
gptkb:Venice,_Italy
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Brompton_Cemetery,_London
gptkbp:signature Austen Henry Layard signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Enid_Guest
gptkbp:subjectOf biographies
historical studies
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:cuneiform_tablets
gptkb:Assyrian_Lion_Hunt_reliefs
gptkb:Nimrud
gptkb:Northwest_Palace_of_Ashurnasirpal_II
gptkb:Nineveh
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5