Henry Rawlinson Jr.

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gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Royal_Asiatic_Society
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:British_Museum
gptkbp:awards Royal_Society_Fellow
gptkbp:birthDate 1810-04-11
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Chichester,_England
gptkbp:children Henry_Rawlinson_III
gptkbp:contribution Translation of the Behistun Inscription
gptkbp:deathDate 1895-03-30
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:famousFor Pioneering work in deciphering ancient scripts
gptkbp:field Assyriology
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy Ancient Near Eastern studies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Henry Rawlinson Jr.
gptkbp:influence Development of historical linguistics
gptkbp:influenced Modern archaeology
gptkbp:influencedBy Sir_Henry_Creswicke_Rawlinson
gptkbp:involved Archaeological_expeditions_in_Persia
gptkbp:knownFor Contributions_to_the_study_of_ancient_Mesopotamia
gptkbp:language gptkb:Persian
Akkadian
Sumerian
gptkbp:legacy Foundation of modern Assyriology
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableEvent Establishment of cuneiform as a writing system
gptkbp:notableWork Decipherment of cuneiform script
gptkbp:occupation Archaeologist
gptkbp:publications gptkb:The_Cuneiform_Inscriptions_of_Babylonia_and_Assyria
gptkb:The_History_of_Herodotus
The History of the Ancient World
The History of the Ancient Near East
The Persian Empire
The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World
The History of the Persian Empire
The Ancient Monuments of Persia
The History of the Ancient Antiquities
The History of the Ancient Archives
The History of the Ancient Artifacts
The History of the Ancient Civilization
The History of the Ancient Civilizations
The History of the Ancient Collections
The History of the Ancient Cultures
The History of the Ancient Documents
The History of the Ancient Empires
The History of the Ancient Heritage
The History of the Ancient Kingdoms
The History of the Ancient Languages
The History of the Ancient Legacy
The History of the Ancient Libraries
The History of the Ancient Manuscripts
The History of the Ancient Nations
The History of the Ancient Peoples
The History of the Ancient Races
The History of the Ancient Relics
The History of the Ancient Scripts
The History of the Ancient Societies
The History of the Ancient Texts
The History of the Ancient Treasures
The History of the Ancient Tribes
The History of the Ancient Writings
The Inscriptions of the Achaemenid Kings
The_Ancient_History_of_the_East
The_Cuneiform_Inscriptions_of_the_Persian_Kings
The_Geography_of_Herodotus
The_History_of_the_Ancient_Records
The_History_of_the_Assyrian_Empire
The_History_of_the_Babylonian_Empire
The_History_of_the_Medes_and_Persians
The_Inscriptions_of_Darius_the_Great
gptkbp:researchFocus Cuneiform inscriptions
gptkbp:residence gptkb:London
gptkbp:spouse Mary_Rawlinson