Definition: British archaeologist Henry Creswicke Rawlinson [1810-1895] is known primarily as a linguist of ancient languages, and is considered by some the father of cuneiform. He started his career out with the British East India company and was sent to Persia in 1833, where he took up transcribing and deciphering Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonia scripts. His archaeological career included excavations at Nineveh and other Assyrian and Babylonian sites.
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