Austen Henry Layard - Wikipedia Sir Austen Henry Layard GCB PC ( lɛərd ; 5 March 1817 – 5 July 1894) was an English Assyriologist, traveller, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, politician and diplomat He was born to a mostly English family in Paris and largely raised in Italy
Sir Austen Henry Layard | Middle East, Assyrian Art . . . Sir Austen Henry Layard was an English archaeologist whose excavations greatly increased knowledge of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia In 1839 he left his position in a London law office and began an adventuresome journey on horseback through Anatolia and Syria
Life and Accomplishments of Sir Austen Henry Layard Austen Henry Layard is best known for his archaeological excavations in Mesopotamia, especially at the ancient Assyrian cities of Nimrud and Nineveh Among his most significant discoveries was a part of the Library of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh
Austen Henry Layard and the early exploration of Nimrud Layard, whose uncle had achieved some success in Ceylon, began a lengthy sojourn in the Near East in 1839 He set out from London intending to travel by land to Ceylon to secure a Civil Service appointment, hoping perhaps to follow in his uncle’s footsteps
Sir Austen Henry Layard - The National Gallery, London Archaeologist, art historian, collector, politician and diplomat National Gallery Trustee (1866–1894) Layard was the son of Henry Peter John Layard, a civil servant in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), and Marianne, daughter of Nathaniel Austen of Ramsgate, banker The family settled in Florence, enjoying the society of poets and painters
Sparking the imagination: the rediscovery of Assyrias great . . . These discoveries captured the attention of Austen Henry Layard, a young British explorer who worked as assistant to the British ambassador in Constantinople Layard persuaded the ambassador to personally fund excavations at the site of Nimrud
Layard at Nimrud - World Archaeology Austen Henry Layard was a lawyer, traveller, diplomat, and amateur archaeologist in the antiquarian tradition On an overland ride from England to Ceylon in 1839, he became fascinated by the newly emerging archaeology of Mesopotomia (in modern Iraq)