Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Baronet was a British East India Company army officer, politician, and Orientalist, sometimes described as the Father of Assyriology. His son, also Henry, was to become a senior commander in the British Army during the First World War.

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Occupation: linguist, archaeologist, anthropologist, politician
Position held: member of the 19th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 17th Parliament of the United Kingdom, ambassador of the United Kingdom to Persia, member of the Council of India
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born

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Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet

British politician (1810-1895)

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About Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet

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Occupation: linguist, archaeologist, anthropologist, politician
Position held: member of the 19th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 17th Parliament of the United Kingdom, ambassador of the United Kingdom to Persia, member of the Council of India
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born

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April 5, 1810

Died

March 5, 1895

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