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Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1. Baronet (* 11. April 1810 in Chadlington in Oxfordshire; † 5. März 1895 in London) war ein britischer Archäologe, Assyriologe, Sprachwissenschaftler und Diplomat. Rawlinson war entscheidend an der Entzifferung der Keilschrift beteiligt.
Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, GCB FRS KLS (5 April 1810 – 5 March 1895) was a British East India Company army officer, politician, and Orientalist, sometimes described as the Father of Assyriology.
7. Apr. 2024 · Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson (born April 11, 1810, Chadlington, Oxfordshire, Eng.—died March 5, 1895, London) was a British army officer and Orientalist who deciphered the Old Persian portion of the trilingual cuneiform inscription of Darius I the Great at Bīsitūn, Iran.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson (April 11, 1810 – March 5, 1895) was an English diplomat and orientalist, sometimes referred to as the "Father of Assyriology." Rawlinson initially came into contact with Persian inscriptions while posted with the military and the East India Company in the Middle East. While serving both as a soldier and ...
This Friday (5 th March) marks the anniversary of the death of the Orientalist and former President of the Society, Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson: 1810-1895. Portrait of Sir Henry Rawlinson taken from the Society’s digital Library.
Sir Henry Rawlinson (Bart.) 1810-1895 was born into a middle-class family in Oxfordshire. Being the second son he could not expect an inheritance apart from his education. In 1827 he was sent, aged 17, to Bombay as a cadet in the East India Company’s army.
8. Mai 2015 · The work of deciphering this alphabet was completed 45 years later by Henry Creswicke Rawlinson (1810–1895), an officer of the British East India Company who, meeting the considerable challenge, managed to copy down the immense trilingual inscription of Darius I at Behistun.
