Austen Henry Layard

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Politician
gptkb:archaeologists
gptkb:Writer
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:British_Archaeological_Association
gptkb:Royal_Geographical_Society
gptkb:Society_of_Antiquaries_of_London
gptkb:Royal_Asiatic_Society
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:British_Museum
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:British_School_at_Athens
gptkbp:awards Fellow of the Royal Society
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Edinburgh
gptkbp:birth_date 1817-03-05
gptkbp:child gptkb:Henry_Layard
gptkbp:contribution Promotion of archaeological methods
Documentation of ancient sites
Advocacy for archaeological preservation
Cultural understanding of ancient Mesopotamia
Publications on Assyrian history
gptkbp:death_date 1894-07-05
gptkbp:field gptkb:literature
gptkb:archaeologists
Politics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Austen Henry Layard
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Victorian_literature
gptkb:archaeologists
Middle Eastern archaeology
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Sir_Henry_Rawlinson
gptkbp:involved_in Cultural exchanges between East and West
Archaeological expeditions
Political diplomacy in the Ottoman Empire
gptkbp:known_for Cultural heritage preservation
Assyrian artifacts
Excavations at Nineveh
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:British
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Nineveh_and_Its_Remains
Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:diplomat
gptkb:Member_of_Parliament
gptkb:archaeologists
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:London
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:London
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:Greece
gptkb:Syria
gptkb:Turkey
gptkb:Iraq
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lady_Charlotte_Layard
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_ruins_of_Nineveh
gptkb:Niniveh_archaeological_site
gptkb:the_ruins_of_Nineveh
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6