Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, British soldier and orientalist, : Lock & Whitfield

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Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, British soldier and orientalist, 1882. Rawlinson's (1810-1895) archaeological work in Meopotamia helped to bring about the decipherment of cuneiform script. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc. Photographed from life by Lock and Whitfield, with brief biographical notices by Thompson Cooper. (Conducted by G. C. Whitfield.) (London, 1876-1883).

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