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HORMUZD RASSAM (1826-1910)

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 913 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RASSAM (1826-1910)  , Assyriologist and traveller, was See also:born at See also:Mosul of native See also:Christian parents . His first See also:work was done as assistant to See also:Sir A . H . See also:Layard in his first expedition (1845-47) . He subsequently came to See also:England, studied at See also:Oxford, and was again sent by the See also:British Museum trustees to accompany Layard in his second expedition (1849-51) . Layard having entered upon a See also:political career, See also:Rassam continued the work (1852–54) in See also:Assyria under the direction of the British Museum and Sir See also:Henry See also:Rawlinson at Nimrud and Kuyunjik . In 1866 he was sent by the British See also:government to See also:Abyssinia, where, however, he was imprisoned for two years until freed by the victory of Sir See also:Robert See also:Napier . From 1876 to 1882 he was again in Assyria conducting important investigations, especially at See also:Nineveh, and during the Russo-See also:Turkish See also:War he was sent on a See also:mission of inquiry to See also:report on the See also:condition of the Christian communities of See also:Asia See also:Minor and See also:Armenia . His archaeological work resulted in many important discoveries and the collection of valuable epigraphical See also:evidence . See The Times, See also:Sept . 17, 1910 .

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