# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-cunningham-q455430
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:23:36.657Z

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name: "Alexander Cunningham"
slug: "alexander-cunningham-q455430"
description: "Major-General Sir Alexander Cunningham was a British Army engineer with the Bengal Sappers who later took an interest in the history and archaeology of India. In 1861, he was appointed to the newly created position of archaeological surveyor to the government of India; and he founded and organised what later became the Archaeological Survey of India."
tagline: "British army engineer and amateur archaeologist (1814-1893)"
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birthDate: "1814-01-23"
deathDate: "1893-11-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump