Hormuzd Rassam

Hormuzd Rassam

male, deceased (1910)
from Mosul, Iraqi Christian, epic of gilgamesh, Assyriology, Asia Minor, Assyriologist…BritishMuseum
Hormuzd Rassam (1826 - 16 September, 1910) was an Assyrian Assyriologist and traveller who made a number of important discoveries, including the...
Max Mallowan

Max Mallowan

male, deceased (1978)
Old Lancing, Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Knights Bachelor, British, nineveh…BritishMuseum, British School of Archaeology in Iraq
Sir Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan, CBE (6 May, 1904–19 August, 1978) was a prominent British archaeologist, specialising in ancient Middle Eastern hi...

Anthony Panizzi

male, deceased (1879)
British Museum director, Anglo-Italian, Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath, librarian, Bibliographer, parma…British, BritishMuseum, Librarian of the British Museum
Sir Antonio Genesio Maria Panizzi (Brescello, 17 September 1797 - London, 8 April 1879), better known as Anthony Panizzi, was a naturalized British...

Scopas

male
architect, Capitoline Museum, Classical Greek, Palazzo Altemps, Ludovisi Ares, Polyclitus…National Archaeological Museum of Athens, fogg art museum, BritishMuseum
Scopas or Skopas (Σ&;#954;όπ&;#945;ς) ("c".395 BC-350 BC) was an Ancient Greek sculptor and architect, born on the island of...

Jessica Rawson

female, 66 years old
BritishMuseum, British Academy, Alumni of New Hall, Cambridge, Han Dynasty, library of congress, Fellow of the British Academy…Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Order of the British Empire, Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Professor Dame Jessica Rawson, DBE, DLitt, FBA (born January 20 1943) is the Warden of Merton College (1994-), Professor of Chinese Art and...
Henry Salt

Henry Salt

male, deceased (1827)
Thebes, Egypt, From Lichfield, British, physician, History artist, diplomat…BritishMuseum
Henry Salt (June 14, 1780 - October 30, 1827) was an English artist, traveler, diplomat, and Egyptologist. Salt, the son of a physician, was born...
Charles Saumarez Smith

Charles Saumarez Smith

male
gainsborough, Alumni of the Warburg Institute, Archbishop of Sydney, Queen Mary, University of London, Museum Director, Royal Academy of Arts…BritishMuseum, British, Victoria and Albert Museum
Dr. Charles Robert Saumarez Smith (born May 28, 1954 in Redlynch, England) is an English art historian and museum director. He is director of the...
John Sell Cotman

John Sell Cotman

male, deceased (1842)
painter, John Joseph Cotman, Miles Edward Cotman, Norwich Castle Museum, Norwich, England, BritishMuseum…Victoria and Albert Museum
John Sell Cotman (May 16, 1782 - July 28, 1842), was an artist of the Norwich school and an associate of John Crome. He was born in Norwich,...
Charles Burney

Charles Burney

male, deceased (1817)
Fellow of the Royal Society, Classical scholar, fanny burney, Scholar, English, BritishMuseum
Charles Burney D.D. (December 4, 1757 - December 28, 1817) was an English classical scholar and clergyman. He was the son of Charles Burney, the...

Nicholas Reeves

male, 53 years old
ucl, egyptologist, University of Durham, English, University College of London, BritishMuseum…Freud Museum
Carl Nicholas Reeves (born 28 September 1956) is an English Egyptologist. After studying history at UCL, he obtained his doctorate in Egyptology at...