George Layard

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Archaeologist
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Society_of_Antiquaries_of_London
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:British_Museum
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Royal_Geographical_Society_Gold_Medal
gptkbp:born March 5, 1817
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:contributedTo Ancient Near Eastern studies
gptkbp:cultural_heritage gptkb:Babylon
gptkb:Nimrud
gptkb:Nineveh
gptkb:Kuyunjik
Assur
gptkbp:died July 5, 1894
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:established Assyrian_ruins
gptkbp:explores gptkb:Mesopotamia
gptkbp:famousFor Artistic_representations_of_Assyrian_culture
gptkbp:field Archaeology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label George Layard
gptkbp:influenced Archaeological methods
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Sir_Leonard_Woolley
gptkb:Sir_John_Marshall
gptkb:Sir_John_Evans
gptkb:Sir_Henry_Rawlinson
gptkb:Sir_Arthur_Evans
gptkb:Charles_Fellows
gptkb:William_F._Albright
gptkb:Sir_William_Flinders_Petrie
gptkb:Sir_Mortimer_Wheeler
gptkb:Sir_Charles_Thomas_Newton
gptkb:Sir_William_Matthew_Flinders_Petrie
gptkb:Augustus_Henry_Lane_Fox_Pitt_Rivers
gptkb:George_Smith
gptkb:Sir_John_William_Kaye
gptkb:Sir_John_Lubbock
gptkb:Sir_Austen_Henry_Layard
gptkb:Sir_Charles_Marston
gptkb:Edward_Hincks
gptkb:James_Fergusson
gptkb:Sir_John_Myres
Sir Max Mallowan
gptkbp:influenceOn Cultural heritage preservation
gptkbp:inspiration Modern archaeology
gptkbp:knownFor Excavations_at_Nimrud
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:legacy Pioneering Assyriology
gptkbp:members gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:The_Assyrian_sculptures
gptkb:The_wall_reliefs_of_Nineveh
gptkb:The_ziggurat_of_Nimrud
gptkb:The_palace_of_Ashurnasirpal_II
The library of Ashurbanipal
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Nineveh_and_Its_Remains
gptkbp:occupation Explorer
gptkbp:publishes The Monuments of Nineveh
gptkbp:researchFocus Ancient Assyrian civilization
gptkbp:residence gptkb:London
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Eleanor_Layard
gptkbp:workLocation Middle_East