Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 129 years ago |
Date of birth | April 5,1810 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Chadlington |
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Date of died | March 5,1895 |
Died | London |
United Kingdom | |
Party | Liberal Party |
Books | England and Russia in the East |
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ID | 957062 |
Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet Life story
Major-General Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, GCB, FRS was a British East India Company army officer, politician and Orientalist, sometimes described as the Father of Assyriology. Rawlinson was one of the most important figures arguing that Britain must check Russian ambitions in South Asia.