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* Rawlinson, George The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World: The Seventh Monarchy: History of the Sassanian or New Persian Empire ( 1885 ; reprint 2007 ) ISBN 978-142-864-7.
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Rawlinson and George
He was born at Chadlington, Oxfordshire, the second son of Abram Tyack Rawlinson, and elder brother of the historian, George Rawlinson.
He contributed articles on Baghdad, the Euphrates and Kurdistan to the ninth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, together with several other articles dealing with the East ; and he assisted in editing a translation of The Histories of Herodotus by his brother, Canon George Rawlinson.
Canon George Rawlinson ( 23 November 1812 – 7 October 1902 ) was a 19th century English scholar, historian, and Christian theologian.
* Herodotus, Rawlinson George, Rawlinson Henry Creswicke, Wilkinson, Sir John Gardner, The History of Herodotus a new English version, Volume 3, London
Sir Henry Rawlinson ( 1810 – 95 ), and his brother Canon George Rawlinson ( 1812 – 1902 ) were born at Chadlington.
Rawlinson and Great
His chief publications are his translation of the History of Herodotus ( in collaboration with Sir Henry Rawlinson and Sir John Gardiner Wilkinson ), 1858 – 60 ; The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World, 1862 – 67 ; The Sixth Great Oriental Monarchy ( Parthian ), 1873 ; The Seventh Great Oriental Monarchy ( Sassanian ), 1875 ; Manual of Ancient History, 1869 ; Historical Illustrations of the Old Testament, 1871 ; The Origin of Nations, 1877 ; History of Ancient Egypt, 1881 ; Egypt and Babylon, 1885 ; History of Phoenicia, 1889 ; Parthia, 1893 ; Memoir of Major-General Sir HC Rawlinson, 1898.
( Much of the text can be found at " Vivarchive " and at " Rawlinson End Book ") In the 1970s he recorded numerous sessions for BBC Radio 1's John Peel show which elaborated, with a mixture of eloquence and irreverence, on the weird and wonderful adventures of the inebriated and blimpish Sir Henry Rawlinson, his dotty wife Great Aunt Florrie, his " unusual " brother Hubert ( who, for speed, stature and far-seeing, habitually goes on stilts ), old Scrotum the wrinkled retainer, Mrs E, the rambling and unhygienic cook, and many other inhabitants of the crumbly Rawlinson End, plus its environs.
The Rawlinson family had been populating Stanshall's imagination for quite a while, their very first appearance ( in name, at least ) being on the Bonzos ' 1967 number The Intro & The Outro: " Great to hear the Rawlinsons on trombone ".
* poem attributed to Senchán Torpéist, along with Finn ’ s pedigree, in a genealogical tract of the Cocangab Már ‘ The Great Compilation ’ ( Rawlinson B 502 and the Book of Leinster ).
Rawlinson and Ancient
Rawlinson, in his book: Ancient and Medieval History of India claims the first Arab Muslims settled on the Indian coast in the last part of the 7th century.
Rawlinson and Eastern
Henry Rawlinson's brother Alfred Rawlinson also played a signicant role during World War I, but this was mostly confined to the Middle Eastern theatre in Turkey, Mesopotamia and Persia.
Rawlinson and World
General Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson, GCB, GCSI, GCVO, KCMG ( 20 February 1864 – 28 March 1925 ), known as Sir Henry Rawlinson, Bt between 1895 and 1919, was a British First World War general most famous for his roles in the Battle of the Somme of 1916 and the Battle of Amiens in 1918.
Shortly after the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, Rawlinson was appointed General Officer Commanding 4th Division in France.
Rawlinson and History
In a much-revised form ( with both additions and excisions ) it was published by Richard Rawlinson as the Natural History and Antiquities of Surrey in five volumes in 1718-19.
Rawlinson and New
Rawlinson and Persian
In the mid-19th century, Henry Rawlinson and others deciphered the Behistun Inscription, which records the same text in Old Persian, Elamite, and Akkadian, using a variation of cuneiform for each language.
In 1838 Henry Rawlinson, building on the 1802 work of Georg Friedrich Grotefend, was able to decipher the Old Persian section of the Behistun inscriptions, using his knowledge of modern Persian.
Rawlinson began to study Persian inscriptions, more particularly those in the hitherto undeciphered cuneiform character.
Working independently of the leading Orientalist of the day Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Hincks deduced the essentially syllabic nature of this script and correctly deduced the values of the Persian vowels.
Rawlinson was able to translate the Old Persian cuneiform text in 1838, and the Elamite and Babylonian texts were translated by Rawlinson and others after 1843.
Rawlinson and ;
This vast increase in numbers diluted troop quality and undermined the confidence inexperienced commanders had in their men ; this was especially true of Rawlinson.
Vivian Stanshall ( born Victor Anthony Stanshall ; 21 March 1943 – 5 March 1995 ) was an English singer-songwriter, painter, musician, author, poet and wit, best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, for his surreal exploration of the British upper classes in Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, and for narrating Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells.
Rawlinson and ISBN
* Prior, Robin Command on the Western Front: The Military Career of Sir Henry Rawlinson 1914-1918 Leo Cooper Ltd ( 30 Jul 2004 ) ISBN 1-84415-103-4
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