The Rt Hon Sir Austen Henry Layard, 1817 – 1894. English traveller, archaeologist, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, author, politician and diplomat. Excavator of Nimrud and of Niniveh, where he uncovered in 1851 the library of Ashurbanipal.

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The Rt Hon Sir Austen Henry Layard, 1817 – 1894. English traveller, archaeologist, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, author, politician and diplomat. Excavator of Nimrud and of Niniveh, where he uncovered in 1851 the library of Ashurbanipal. From The Century Edition of Cassell's History of England, published c. 1900

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