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Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet

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Gender Male
Death129 years ago
Date of birth April 5,1810
Zodiac sign Aries
Born Chadlington
United Kingdom
Date of died March 5,1895
DiedLondon
United Kingdom
Party Liberal Party
BooksEngland and Russia in the East
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Date of Upd.
ID957062
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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.

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