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1832–1917, English anthropologist. His extensive researches helped to develop interest in anthropological science in England. Tylor became (1883) ke...
1902–96, English archaeologist. Trained originally as an architect, he gained his first archaeological experience in 1928 as a member of the Egypt E...
(l ´ rd) (KEY) , 1817–94, English archaeologist and diplomat. Between 1842 and 1851 he explored and excavated in Mesopotamia, especially at Nineveh...
(g ´ch t) (KEY) , 1832–1907, American ethnologist, b. Switzerland. He was trained as a linguist in the universities of Bern and Berlin, and after h...
(fräNswä´ blôNd l´) (KEY) , 1617–86, French architect. In 1672 he became director of the Academy of Architecture. Blondel’s writings, which e...
(mär´k s d n ´sä) (KEY) , c.1495–1558, missionary explorer in Spanish North America. A Franciscan friar, he served in Peru and Guatemala before...