Austen Henry Layard
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 130 years ago |
Date of birth | March 5,1817 |
Zodiac sign | Pisces |
Born | Paris |
France | |
Date of died | July 5,1894 |
Died | London |
United Kingdom | |
Party | Liberal Party |
Parents | Lady Charlotte Guest |
Henry Peter John Layard | |
Marianne Austen | |
Place of burial | England, United Kingdom |
Awards | Founder's Gold Medal |
Royal Gold Medal | |
Current partner | Mary Enid Evelyn Guest |
Books | Nineveh and Its Remains |
Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon: With Travels in Armenia, Kurdistan and the Desert: Being the Result of a Second Expedition Undertaken for the Trustees of the British Museum | |
The Monuments of Nineveh: From Drawings Made on the Spot : [first Series] | |
A Popular Account of Discoveries at Nineveh | |
Nationality | British |
Great grandparent | Ruth Carver |
Daniel Peter Layard | |
Joseph Ward | |
Grandparents | Charles Layard |
Nathaniel Austen | |
Elizabeth Ward | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 773689 |
Austen Henry Layard Life story
Sir Austen Henry Layard GCB PC was an English Assyriologist, traveller, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, politician and diplomat. He was born to a mostly English family in Paris and largely raised in Italy.